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Today, this medieval village forms the western gateway to the Vercors Regional Nature Park at the bottom end of the Bourne Gorge. It features experience a working organic farm next to Presles cliffs

architecture found nowhere else in the Dauphiné region: cliffside houses with colourful facades ‘hanging’ over the gorge. The village, which was Ferme du Clos - 210 chemin du Clos 38680 Châtelus Le Dragon Vert - Chemin de Jalline, Rte de Pont-en-Royans

listed as a historical monument in 1944, drew praise from the 19th-century author Stendhal. Its architectural attractions include the town walls, & +33 (0) 4 76 36 10 94 - +33 (0) 6 01 35 20 49 - www.lafermeduclos.fr 38680 Presles - +33 (0) 4 76 36 12 96 - www.ledragonvert.fr

sightseeing walk sightseeing cobbled streets, terraced gardens and of course the bridge. The walk up to the old Trois Châteaux castle keep rewards you with a sweeping

Buy delicious farm pork directly from the producer Enjoy a great range of water activities in unspoilt

view over the Royans region. The Water Museum tells the story of how hydroelectricity came to the village. The building was once a monastery 2 9 which later became a priory taken over by the Order of Saint Anthony in 1289. When this Order merged with the Order of Malta in 1780, the 45 chemin du Bimat 38680 Auberives-en-Royans visitor map visitor Ferme Micolod - surroundings. building again changed hands, later becoming a silk factory. During this period the buildings were extended. The silk factory operated until 1918. +33 (0) 4 76 36 01 43 - +33 (0) 6 75 05 37 49 -www.fermemicolod.fr Base de loisirs du Marandan Compagnie Générale d’Électricité took over the buildings until the 1990s, and finally the Musée de l’Eau opened in 2002. Today the Legrand See round a prestigious vineyard 657 route de Marandan 38160 Saint-Romans electrical goods company employs a workforce of around 40 nearby making electrical plugs and switches. +33 (0)4 76 64 41 77 - www.camping-lac-vercors.com 3 Domaine Mayoussier - 10 route du Bel - 38680 Auberives-en-Royans +33 (0) 7 89 02 39 48 - www.domaine-mayoussier.com Taste walnut in all its forms directly from the producer 10 VERCORS REGIONAL NATURE PARK Taste our famous trout of the Vercors... Ferme de Férie Niconoix - 482 route de Férie 38160 Saint-Romans - + 33 (0) 6 12 20 73 91 - www.niconoix.fr Full 4 Les Truites de la Vernaison - 3350 Route des Grands Goulets EVERY YEAR Hameau Binla 26190 Échevis - +33 (0) 4 75 48 68 11 Well-being moments for you or your pet THE MISSION OF THE VERCORS REGIONAL NATURE PARK programme on 200 ch. Combe Bernard 38680 the Tourist OUR TEAM IS AT YOUR SERVICE JOINT SYNDICATE ...After fishing it! 11 Shiatsu Laurence Bussy - Office in Pont-en-Royans To preserve and promote the natural environments and fauna, Châtelus - + 33 4 76 36 07 58 - + 33 6 75 89 97 51 - etre-sain.com flora, rivers, etc. To support the sustainable development of 5 La Guinguette du Pêcheur - +33 (0) 4 75 48 69 86 its territory in the areas of agriculture, tourism, culture, energy, Route des Grands Goulets 26190 Échevis Buy exactly what you need for all the mountain GRAND CARVAVAL april mobility, urban development and more. and outdoor sports The annual carnival, which we call the ‘Carvaval’, is THE event All you ever wanted to know about animals in this of the year and has been going for nearly 15 years. Organised 12 2925 Route du Vercors 38680 Aube- mières, Clo&Clém, Itinera Magica, JulienLoicGabriel, Sandrine&Matt Booth, Trekking&Voyage. Map : ça crée Val | Illustration : Actual. This guide is published by the Tourist Office Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère. Photos: : F.Da Costa, M.Carcel, P.Conche, P.Jayet, P.Streff, R.Izquierdo, Utopik Photo. By Inspiration Vercors : Au Fil des Lu BETWEEN ISERE AND DRÔME travelling farm Expé / Cabesto Montagne - by Pont-en-Royans Foyer Culturel. A colourful, fun day The Vercors Regional Nature Park covers a vast mountainous 6 rives-en-Royans - +33 (0) 4 76 36 02 67 - expe.fr / cabesto.com crammed with totally free events and entertainment which La Bicoque - Les Clots 26190 Échevis area of 206,000 hectares. It takes in the territory of 83 towns and brings all the generations together THE VERCORS, A FASCINATING HISTORY villages in eight rural regions: Piémont Nord, Quatre-Montagnes, +33 (0) 6 61 45 30 32 - +33 (0) 7 81 12 92 31 - www.alabicoque.com Climbing training and healthy stay The Park manages two history museums at Vassieux-en-Vercors. Coulmes,Vercors Drômois, Royans, Diois, Trièves and Gervanne. 13 Entre ciel et pierres - 495 chemin des Falaises 38680 Presles The Resistance Memorial is the focal point of a trail telling the Tuck in to local Vercors produce in unusual FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE june +33 (0) 4 76 36 09 45 - www.entrecieletpierres.com > Top tips from the locals LOSE YOURSELF IN COUNTRYSIDE story of key moments in the area’s resistance against German surroundings and learn all about bees When it comes to this annual nationwide music festival, Pont- to take home a occupation in the Second World War. The Museum of Prehistory en-Royans is a must. There’s a packed programme of all sorts > A gift shop The Park promotes and maintains a network of more than 4,000 7 Cabane Café - 620 route des Grottes 38680 Choranche Wonder at a brand new sound and light show in km of waymarked trails enabling visitors to explore the beautiful is located on a flintknapping site abandoned 4,500 years ago by of musical styles on offer and lots going on besides +33 (0) 6 78 15 01 00 - www.cabanecafe.com the cool surroundings of a cave souvenir from your holiday countryside on foot, by donkey, on horseback, by mountain bike its Stone Age inhabitants. 14 > Free Wi-Fi and more... Keep your eyes peeled and you stand a good chance of La Grotte de Choranche - 2865 route des Grottes 38680 Cho- STUNNING, UNSPOILT SCENERY LOCAL PRODUCE & CRAFTS MARKET spotting marmots and ibex grazing or a vulture riding the thermals. ranche - +33 (0) 4 76 36 09 88 - www.visites-nature-vercors.com > Buy tickets for guided tours and shows With the completely wild 17,000-hectare Hauts Plateaux du ‘Accueil Vélo’ The Park publishes a range of route guides for sale in the local Many different types of accomodation are also in june /july to september > We are labeled Vercors National Nature Reserve at its heart, the Vercors is home Every Monday during the summer, local craftspeople and food tourist offices. Pont-en-Royans, ask us about the list ! to an incredible variety: cliffside roads and deep underground producers showcase the fruits and flavours of their labour on cave systems and a patchwork of landscapes ripe for exploring, the banks of the River Bourne. adventure or simply standing quietly, taking in the view.

LET’S MEET! LOCAL PRODUCE AND TRADITIONAL CRAFTS FRIDAYS ON THE SQUARE july & august Vercors farm produce is highly prized, winning many accolades Every Friday night in July and August at 8pm, come and Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye Pont-en-Royans including PDO status, mainly because of the traditional farming THE ULTIMATE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DESTINATION listen to a variety of musicians performing on the square by Place Ferdinand Gilibert 48, grande rue methods, areas and breeds still farmed here. Vercors produce PONT-EN-ROYANS : the Musée de l’Eau, in amazing surroundings overlooking includes Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage and Saint Marcellin cheeses, Caving to explore the hidden Vercors, the starting point of countless waymarked the Bourne. Pop-rock, blues, rock, French popular music and Grenoble walnuts and Clairette de Die quality sparkling wine.. more... There’s something for everyone! Saint-Marcellin Vinay footpaths, mountain biking at Royans-Coulmes Trail Centre (start points at Marandan 2 avenue du Collège 705 rte de Grenoble Programme : www.musee-eau.com > www.parc-du-vercors.fr Leisure Lake in Saint-Romans, the Water Museum in Pont-en-Royans, the centre of Presles and Rencurel Visitor Centre), nordic and alpine skiing in the resort of Les Coulmes, fishing and swimming at the picnic area under the cliffside houses, rock CAMP 4 VERCORS august Camp 4 is a rock climbing event designed to appeal to DISCOVER OUR DESTINATION IN OUR OTHER GUIDES climbing for experienced climbers at one of France’s best climbing spots, the crags youngsters (and oldsters too!). It’s all about climbing and OF THE VERCORS at Presles, and more... Printing : Press’Vercors. Translation: [email protected] Spectacular roads having fun in good company. And it’s a great way to get to grips with the Vercors’ iconic climbing sites. These spectacular mountain roads were built during the second half of the 19th century, requiring a huge effort to overcome the extreme challenges of the terrain. The only way to connect this WOODCRAFT FAIR august mountainous area with the surrounding lowlands to encourage A huge exhibition and sale on the banks of the Bourne trade was to dig roads out of the mountainside. This mammoth of all sorts of things made of wood. Demonstrations of undertaking has left a legacy of incredible vertiginous viewpoints traditional crafts and more. all along the cleverly engineered roads of the Vercors. Explore these tunnels blasted through the rock and roads hanging over the void on a bike if you dare or the relative safety of a car!

Presles road by bike < Events below are subject to modificationto the health in 2021crisis due - SIGHTSEEING WALK 1 see IN PONT-EN-ROYANS Sightseeing walk Things to do and 1 Porte de France

Savour the local cuisine at a family-run restaurant in thes e Rue de l’Horloge 1 A d 9 i 2 PORTE DE FRANCE 6 village centre, near the cliffside houses r THE CLIFFSIDE HOUSES RUE DE VILLENEUVE & RUE DU MERLE a & the Clock Tower The massive pillar still standing at the corner of the house here Hôtel-restaurant du Royans - 51 Grande Rue - +33 (0)4 76 36G 01 03 - hotel-royans.fr In the 16th century a new quarter grew up on the far side of The Three Castles viewpoint s 3 shows where the main gateway to Pont-en-Royans once stood. Taste waters from all over the world at the museum’s Watere Bar Place du Temple the river and the shacks originally built on the North Road were

B L This gate was in the second defensive wall, built after the town had replaced by the stone houses of the Villeneuve (Newtown) Hôtel-restaurant du musée de l’eau - Place du Breuil NORTH 4 The Corbeille Quarter +33 (0) 4 76 36 15 53 - www.musee-eau.com grown (probably in the 17th century). The name ‘Porte de France’ quarter. A new wall with towers was built to control access to the refers to the Dauphiné, an imperial territory surrendered to the C Chill with a drink and a delicious ice cream west east 5 Place de la Halle & the town via the gates at Porte de France and Porte de Villeneuve, Le Picard - Pont Picard - +33 (0) 4 76 36 00 59 Multimedia Library/La Halle French Crown in 1349 while still laying claim to its separateness and whose Romanesque whitestone arch still stood until a few years autonomy. The pillar’s orientation shows that the stepped Rue de Join a workshop about environmental issues south 6 The cliffside houses ago. Rue Bob Ten Hoope here is named after the famous Dutch D Paléop’terre - 2 rue Gambetta - +33 (06) 6 72 69 15 10 - www.paleopterre.com l’Horloge was once the main road into the town. artist (1920-2014), who lived in Pont-en-Royans for decades.

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Rue Port Rue de Villeneuve The two banks of the Bourne next to the bridge were once lined 3 PLACE DU TEMPLE with around 30 cliffside houses ‘hanging’ over the river. Some The square down the hill was once the site of a Protestant date from the 1630s to 1660s, the period of reconstruction after D Rue de l’Horloge Rue du church. With most of the townspeople having quickly adopted the Wars of Religion. Temple Rue du Breuil Calvinism in around 1560, the town became caught up in the Building several floors of rooms directly over the Bourne made Place du it easy to draw water from the river, fish and discard wastewater Grande Rue Impasse fury of the Wars of Religion. Pont-en-Royans was recognised 11 du clocher Temple Rue du Temple PLACE DU BREUIL RD531 GR9 Choranche as a sanctuary for Huguenots from the time of Catherine de’ directly into it. It also meant that the rooms could be wider with In the late 18th century, the former cemetery opposite the church La Bourne Medici, and peace was finally restored after Henry IV issued the taller ceilings and that several windowed floors below road level was replaced by a pretty square lined with lime trees. Still an A Edict of Nantes in 1598. The Protestants built a new church and could be used as workshops or cowsheds. Most of the timber Bourne quays integral part of village life today, it is used for produce markets and a school, dated 1601, and major regional synods were held there. used for the corbelling is very old, and in places the rock has is the site of the Town Hall and Musée de l’Eau. On the square you Pont Louis XIV, determined to eradicate the Reformed faith, ordered had to be reinforced. B Picard can still see the chains used to tie up the animals during the great the church’s destruction in 1681. C 27th of April and St Peter’s Day fairs, renowned throughout the Town 7 PONT PICARD Royans in the 19th century. Hall 4 THE CORBEILLE QUARTER PRACTICAL INFORMATION extra info This quarter below the Castle was probably the site of the original 12 settlement. Explore the maze of little streets here and keep an eye THE CHURCH Bourne Quays Along the route you’ll find A Church of St Peter has existed here Guided tours meeting point out for the old inscriptions and carvings left by the villagers. LA VERNAISON a series of information since the 10th century. In the Middle Ages LA BOURNE Imagine how the busy streets would once have felt. Tourist Office panels explaining the history it formed the centre of a vast parish but of Pont-en-Royans. was burned down during the Wars of Multimedia Library and La Halle Take the time to 5 Religion and replaced by the one you read them... PLACE DE LA HALLE & Car park see today. The building, which is open THE MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY to visitors, contains a magnificent 18th erle Coach park M For centuries, la Halle was the heart of century carvedwood altarpiece. e du Pont-en-Royans. As the market hall, it WC Ru was where the Vercors producers and Picnic area lowland merchants traded their goods. THE THREE CASTLES Great seasonal fairs were also held, filling Children’s playground the whole town right up to the walls and continuing right up to the 1950s. As the Swimming area VIEWPOINT This bridge over the River Bourne gave the town its name, an court of justice, it was where the seigneur 13 210 m indication of its strategic importance and great age. It was one 2.5 km - Return Trip : 1 hr 30 - Height gain : (or his representative the chatelain) THE WATER MUSEUM Fishing Total distance : of the few points at which people could travel between the publicly conducted the rule of law. A cellar mountains of the Vercors and the Isere and Rhone Valleys. As Footpath departure point Looking down on the Royans and the Bourne Gorge and boasting a commanding under the hall was used as a prison, and the ring to which the prisoner a result, Pont-en-Royans became an important commercial and view of Pont-en-Royans, the Three Castles Viewpoint is the perfect panoramic was manacled during the hearing is still visible today. As a meeting Breuil Hostel (group accommodation) urban centre. The bridge spans a deep chasm known as the To Cascade hall, it was where the townspeople gathered to hear announcements position from which to gaze at a landscape shaped by mankind. Gouffre Picard; the origin of this name is lost in the mists of Blanche from those in power or to debate communal decisions under the Motorhome drainage point and parking Starting in Rue du Temple, follow the ‘Trois Châteaux’ signpost and continue along time. Road building gradually changed the village, and several supervision of elected magistrates or consuls. La Halle was gutted Montée du Petit Clocher, following the yellow-and-green waymarkings. Climb of the cliffside houses over the River Bourne were demolished. Camp site by fire in 1912. The 1944 bombing destroyed many of the workshops the picturesque backstreets to Porte Agnès and continue along the path to Les The bridge was modernised and widened in the late 19th century and cliffside houses above the Bourne here, enlarging the square to Tobacconist – sale of fishing permits to make it easier for carts and, later, motorcars to cross. It is still Garides, where you turn right to Trois Châteaux. Return by the same route. Along provide lovely views down to the old town and river. the way, don’t miss the medieval quarter (where the town’s Protestants once much used today. Petrol pump In 1986, the space under the square was turned into La Halle and lived), to see the magnificent opulent tufa-stone town houses with mullioned the multimedia library. Electric car charging point windows. 8 Look up and you’ll see the pulleys attached to the rooftops, and don’t forget to LES MOULINS E-bike charging point take a look at the hanging gardens. Elements of a watermill construction are still visible under Pont Cash point (ATM) Picard. You can make out the vertically mounted waterwheel which used the flow of the river to rotate the shaft connected to a stone above. These are the remains of a hemp-beating mill. From LA HALLE, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE the water intake on the Bourne, a millrace fed most of the river’s hydraulic power through a tunnel dug in 1851 underneath the houses INFORMATION Dedicated to the contemporary arts and designed to showcase & TICKETS FROM to the ‘grand moulin’ next to Place de la Halle. This large watermill, guide! different aspects of the latest artistic endeavour, La Halle is home in place since the Middle Ages, was used variously as a fruit press, Interactive, fun, educational... The Water Museum on the site of the to a fascinating cultural programme of prestigious exhibitions all the old silk manufactory takes you on a journey where you’ll learn Follow flour mill and walnut mill. Prior to the millrace, the millwheel was THE TOURIST year round, accompanied by various educational and mediation frequently damaged by the violent floods that plagued the Bourne. about the element of water in all its forms. Don’t miss the Water See the sights of this fascinating OFFICE projects for visitors of all ages. You can see the sluice gates used to regulate the water flow, clever Bar, where you can taste the world’s rarest and finest waters. village on a guided tour engineering that supplied the town with electricity from 1898 to +33 (0) 4 76 36 15 53 | [email protected] 1950 and even generated surplus power until 1985. The tour starts on the banks of the Bourne and continues underneath the 16th century Free entrance | [email protected] www.musee-eau.com +33 (0) 4 76 36 05 26 | www.lahalle-pontenroyans.org/ cliffside houses and through the medieval quarter. It takes in five centuries of history, > IMPORTANT INFORMATION with anecdotes about daily life and a close look a the architecture of Pont-en-Royans, In these fast-changing and uncertain times, the information provided in this guide about destinations the Dauphiné’s most unusual village. Did you know ? and service providers should be treated with caution. When planning your holiday, please contact the GUIDED TOUR AT NIGHT OF THE VILLAGE: 6€/adult • 3€/until 18 • It is thought that the local speciality, ravioles, was brought here destinations and service providers or Tourist Office Free under 12 • Tours for individuals in July and August • Duration : 1 hr 30 by loggers from Piedmont in Italy who settled in the Royans and directly for the latest information. the Coulmes Mountains. They missed the ravioli from back home Times and prices are on the website: www.pontenroyans.fr so made their own, replacing the hard-tofind meat filling with one Group tours: all year round by arrangement. Information: [email protected] made from cheese, parsley and radish leaves. They called this new dish ravioles. Don’t miss the chance to try this delicious local dish!