Lavender Field Holidays Ltd.

Barjac market day - Friday morning.

Canoeing/Horse riding/Tennis/Rambling

Barjac is set in the middle of the Ardeche/Cevenne/Provence triangle and La Maison Ames in the hamlet of Saint Privat de Champclos is ideally situated as a base for rambling holidays with many circular walks marked on local maps on our doorstep between the rivers Ardeche and Ceze.

Only 20 minute drive from the villa takes you to either river where canoes can be hired by the hour or by the day. Canoeing down the Ardeche from Vallon Pont D'arc takes you under the world famous Pont d'Arc and the next 35 kilometers can be canoed over one or two days taking you over several small rapids. The Ceze is a more tranquil river where many birds such as heron and kingfisher can normally be spotted.

Horse riding is available locally and tennis may be played on our local tennis court subject to yearly approval of the tennis club.

Ramblers may wish to follow the path of Robert Louise Stevenson who walked through the Cevennes mountains with his donkey Modestine, or walk through the Ceze or Ardeche gorges where there are many prehistoric caves to be explored. There is a temporary exhibition at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc, close by to La Maison Ames, which will tell you about the amazing discovery in 1994 of paintings on the walls in the Chauvet Grotto in shades of ochre, black and red, of more than 300 creatures, unique in the world, which were painted more than 30,000 years ago by Cro-Magnon men, well before the Lascaux.

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Touring the area!!

Allocating time to tour the region by car is recommended so taking in the many famous surrounding towns such as Avignon, Orange, Nimes, Arles which have many well preserved Roman buildings. The famous three tier Pont du Gard aqueduct near Avignon, coliseum and amphitheatre at Nimes are a must. Next to the Roman theatre at Arles [still used for bull fights] a town that Van Gogh and Picasso visited is the Musee Reattu where you will find rough doodles and pencil sketches by Picasso.
The Mediterranean coast has a lot to offer including visiting the Carmarge where you look out for its pink flamingos and roaming white horses.

You are recommended to visit the vineyards including the world famous Chateau Neuf du Pape.
Cotes du Rhone Village, Tavel, Vins du Pays du Gard, & Lirac are all local wines well worth tasting!

Canoe the Ardeche Easter-September. Guests Eva from Valencia and Bryone from Manchester

Location

With Marseille on the Mediterranean coast, take a line North West ( approx. 90klms) to Avignon and continue North West to Barjac.(Approx.70 klms).
By car : Between Montelimar and Orange on the A7 autoroute is the town of Bollene. Leave the autoroute at Bollene and drive to Barjac via Saint Pont Esprit.
By air : From the UK:

Ryanair flights: London Stansted to Nimes, Montpellier, St Etienne and Grenoble.

Ryanair flights: from London Luton to Nimes

Ryanair flights: from Liverpool to Nimes

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Easyjet flights: Belfast Bristol and Newcastle to Nice

Easyjet flights: Gatwick to Marseille

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Travel in comfort by high speed train from London to Avignon.To check out prices and times please click on: www.eurostar.com.

International Flights into London, Paris, Lyon all have fast train connections to Avignon. www.eurostar.com.

Car hire is available at Avignon rail station as it is at all of the airports.

La Maison Ames