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Only
2 km away from the nearest village with a baker, grocer and markets, and
5km from Anduze, and within an hour’s drive of some of the major
highlights of the Provence such as le Pont du Gard, Uzès, Nîmes,
Arles, Montpellier, la Camargue, the beaches...
MUST-DO’S
IN THE SURROUNDING AREA
ANDUZE
5 km away from your gîte you will find Anduze, an animated and colourful
village with a grocery market, plenty of shops, open-air cafés
and restaurants. It is famous for its pottery.
From Anduze you can take the quaint steam-powered locomotive, le ‘petit
train des Cévennes’.
Website : Anduze
The
MUSEE DU DESERT
Located in a typical hamlet in the Cévennes, inside the camisard
Chief Rolland's birth place. After an audiovisual presentation of the
Reformation, you will stroll through 15 rooms and an important collection
of paintings, objects and documents, The Musée du Désert
revives the Huguenot past, especially the so called "Desert"
period (1685-1787), from the repeal of the Edict of Nantes to the Edict
of Tolérance: the Camisards war, the persecutions and the resistance,
the everyday life in clandestinity, the long way to liberty of conscience
untill the French Revolution.
The museum also intends to bear testimony to protestant faith.
Open
everyday from March 1st to November 30th from 9.30 to 12.00 and from 14.00
to 18.00 (from july 1st to the first sunday of September, always open.from
9.30 to 19.00)
Website : Le Musée
du désert
The BAMBOUSERAIE
A fascinating exotic place, in beautifully calm surroundings. The visitor
is encouraged to re-discover the wonder of nature in this unusual garden.
Website: La Bambouseraie
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