Welcome to rosanais

In the middle of Baronnies, this country of soft mountains, savage, seemed unclassable. Strategists and decision makers of the future had almost forgotten for its greater happiness! With a number of sunny days worthy of the Côte d' Azur, an incomparable vegetation, attractive starlight nights, this astonishing allured country and remains in your memory forever.

• Ground of stroll

Average altitude 750 m:

Rosanais is the space ideal for the excursion without tiredness. You will appreciate the sun of the day and the pleasant freshness of the nights…

• Sentinel of Rosanais:

Dominating Rosanais, Risou offers a vast panorama since its top where you will discover the vault Saint-Jean and a cave which bores the rock. (Path marked out by the Collar of Palluel between Moydans and the Balsam.)

• Light of the landscapes:

Purity of the climate, glare of the colors, enivrement of the scents. A preserved nature, with the charm of Provence, secret corners to discover in the course of the years.

• The village of Rosans

Rosans is a perched village, its silhouette collected around its imposing Romance tower of XIII, (Historic building) corresponds to the old fortifications which protected the borough from the ceaseless fights between Dauphiné and Provence.

• The village of Saint Andre de Rosans

Saint-Andre-de-Rosans has the ruins of a priory founded by the order of Cluny at the X century, (Historic building). The village also knew to preserve many traces of its prestigious past.

• The village of Ribeyret

Ribeyret, borough of the type of Provence, runs days peaceful the shade of the plane trees. Lavenders, almond trees, breeding, l' traditional agriculture stage on the slopes with the entour.

• Village of the Epine

The Epine: old village, along the road and with the top, on both sides of a narrow central street, which guards of many historical traces: lintels, “soustets”

• Village of Moydans

Moydans, face to Risou, is held in the valley since the XVIII , having forsaken the old higher village built towards Essaillon.

• Village of Montjay

Montjay shelters a charming sundial in the main street. With the sources of Aygues, the Saint-Honorat vault takes care, traditional pilgrimage and family walk.

• Village of Verclause

Verclause: The old village, in ruin, is anchored on the western end of the Mountain of Little rat, in overhang, and it supervises the outlet of the Throats of Eygues.

• Village of Bruis Bruis, the collar of Tourettes knew several millenia of habitat, of the Mesolithic era to Gallo-Roman…

• Village of Montmorin Montmorin, pretty borough of the Valley of Oule on the buttresses of Laup-Duffre

An idea of circuit in order to discover, in the car and at your rhythm, the landscapes, the men who model them, villages, those which live them, secret corners, or the history of our ground of Baronnies… We you reveal the Heart of it!

With you to conquer it through the small lots of mileage, done for the dawdling vacancière. Departure of Rosans towards the collar of Pommerol, seen on the basin of Rosanais, you go up then through splendid a hêtraie…

After the collar (1 072 m) descent towards the superb throats of Pommerol where the erosion cut impressive arches and pillars, village perched on a spur… Direction Charce, beautiful village drômois, castle of Philis of Charce (1645-1703).

From there take the road towards the valley of Oule: Sainte-Marie. On the left after the village a dirt track will lead you to the throats of Archettes (it is necessary to finish with foot, the bathe is deserved!) which pleasure of refreshing itself in the water of the cascade! Bruis and its medieval keep.

The village of Montmorin shelters beautiful houses.

The collar of Tourettes (1 126 m): some 7.000 years ago, of the hunters lived in the caves of this site. Admire the sight since the collar, towards Ventoux. To take towards Epine, then on the right, Vaucluse direction, a hamlet of Montjay. On the plate, lavenders, mushrooms, forests… invitation with the walk.

Sun-dial win Montjay. Chanousse, Trescléoux: temple, church, vault transformed into room d' flowered exposure, and its fountains. Lagrand, village perched on the plate which dominates the valley of Buëch, strengthened church of the XII. (Historic building), on September 9 has taken place here for more than 700 years, the “Fair with turkeys”… in preparation for Christmas!

Orpierre: extraordinary cliffs of climbing dominating the old village, botanical path, Quiquillon, baronnie of the Princes d' Orange. Laborel, high place of the culture and the distillation of lavender. The collar of Pierre-Tare and (1 064 m) Villebois-the-Pines. Collar of Reychasset (1 052 m) panorama on big spaces of Baronnies, with a curiosity: its underground glacier. Laux-Montaux direction.

Saint-Andre-of-Rosans: ruins of the priory (Historic building) and village, balls of sandstone. Return to Rosans.

There is the stone of the way, that of the wall of the edge of the field which delimits the passages which were those of the life of every day: drailles of the shepherds, " passières" hunters, covered ways, forest tracks, mule tracks or paths of the factors and finally there are the holes of water in which one bathes, basins and flagstones with the sun of l' Esclate To stroll and to attach to small happinesses…