St-Restitut


St-Restitut
The little fortified medieval village, St-Restitut, is situated on a hilltop in beautiful and verdant countryside between Orange and Montélimar in the department of Drôme Provençale. A holiday in St-Restitut offers good possibilities for exploring the surroundings with idyllic medieval villages and old historic cities like Orange, Avignon, Nîmes and Arles. The area around St-Restitut also offers a wide range of sports activities, such as golfing, walking and hiking, cycling, skiing, horseback riding, climbing and paragliding.

Activities in St-Restitut

  • 3 eating places.
  • Hiking tours.
  • Tennis
  • Paragliding
  • Fishing.
  • Riding.
  • Canoeing, kayaking.
  • Climbing
  • Golf –There are lots of courses in the region of Rhône Alpes and 8 in the department of Drôme. Most of the courses can be found on the French golf union’s website. Unfortunately the website is in French. Seek under Guide de golfs and then under the region Rhône Alpes: www.ffgolf.org
  • Cycling: Challenges for everyone – both experienced and families with children. There are several scenic tours to other villages in the area, many easy mountain routes as well as the difficult Mont Ventoux route.

Sights in St-Restitut

  • Tour funéraire, sepulchral monument from the 11th century.
  • Church in Roman Provencal style from the 12th century.
  • Crocodile farm (La ferme aux crocodiles) – situated in Pierrelatte, 11 km northwest of St Restitut: A huge 8000 m2 tropical green house with more than 400 crocodiles and exotic vegetation – http://www.lafermeauxcrocodiles.com/article.php3?id_article=115.
  • Chapelle Saint-Sépulcre in Gothic style from the 16th century.
  • Remains of the old rampart.
  • Maison Renaissance: A tower like house in renaissance style.
  • Old quarries.

St-Restitut lies beautifully east of the Rhône river and not far from the legendary mountain, Mont Ventoux.

The village is completely enclosed by pine trees, thyme and wild lavender.
St-Restitut

St-Restitut has narrow streets, small shady squares, old, whitish or ochre-shaded stone houses with pale green or blue shutters and remains of the old ramparts.

In the village you must admire the church with its old square tower and entrance gate with antique decorations and a fantastic iconography.

You must not miss wine tasting in the Caves Cathédrales, located in the old quarries (the stone was mainly used for constructing the Papal Palace in Avignon).

It is a fantastic place, an underground cathedral, offering exceptional hydrometrical conditions for the wine Cellier des Dauphins.
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