Sporting
activities
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Walking Around les Estables:
climb of Mont Mézenc, hike around Rocher Tourte, Narces
de Chaudeyrolles, Mont Signon, Roches de Borée, etc. GR 7, 73, 40, 420 (GR=National hiking path). Numerous
PRs (PR=Local path). |
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Rock climbing At Rocher Tourte
and at La Roche Pointue (Les Estables), at Les Roches (15 min
away), at Rocher de la Tortue ("Turtle Rock") (20 min
away), at Issarlès Lake (30 min away)... |
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Cross-country skiing At the Maison
Forestière, 1 1/4 miles from the hotel. Link itinerary
from the hotel. 30 miles of marked slopes. Ski resort accredited
by Ski France (?). |
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Mountain biking Marked tours
at Les Estables and arround.
Bicycle touring Marked tours
at Les Estables and arround. |
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Downhill skiing In the village,
350 yards away. Snowshoeing At the Maison
Forestière, 1 1/4 miles from the hotel. Signposted paths. |
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Bungee jumping At the viaduct
of La Recoumène, in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille (15 min
away). |
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Dogsledding At Les Estables. |
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Paragliding At Les Estables,
at Chaudeyrolles (10 min away). |
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Outdoor swimming In the lakes
of Issarlès (30 min away), of Saint-Martial (25 min away),
etc. |
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Fishing In the small
rivers Gazeille (in Les Estables), Lignon, Gagne, in the river
Loire,etc. |
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Via ferrata Via ferrata of Les Juscles, in Le Pertuis,
near Yssingeaux (30-40 min away). |
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Horse riding At Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
(15 min away), at Fay-sur-Lignon (15 min away).
Tennis Courts 60 yds
from the hotel. |
Culture
- Heritage - Museums
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Abbey of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille,
witness of a
time when the abbey of Le Monastier was very powerful in the
area. |
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Memory-Farm of Le Bourlatier,
one of the largest
lauze-roofed farms on the Ardèche plateau. |
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Museum of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille,
located in the
former abbey castle. |
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Ruins of the Bonnefoy
Carthusian monastery |
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Brothers Perrel eco-museum
farm in Moudeyres, discovery
of the life style and life conditions of farmers in the previous
centuries. |
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Castle and village ofArlempdes,
perched above
a meander of the river Loire. The first of the Loire castles;
the village is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages. |
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Bigorre eco-museum farm;
construction
techniques of thatched roofs. |
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Le Puy-en-Velay cathedral,
historical starting
point of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. |
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Lauzière of Lac
Bleu in Les Balayes, discovery
of the history and the heritage of the Mézenc-Meygal plateau
with scale models made of genuine rock. |
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Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe
chapel, built
in the 10th and 13th centuries at the top of the Aiguilhe rock. |
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