Tourisme Olargues

One of France's prettiest villages,sun cradled among the last mountains before the Mediterranean, a tumble of honey-stone houses and pepper pink roofs reaching down from its mediaeval rock-perched bell-tower to its ancient Devil's bridge spannig a meander of the river Jaur. Explore the narrow cobbled streets, hire the bicycle, follow the old railway line through cherry orchards and chestnut woods.

Sights

• The petroglyphs tell Peiro escrito.
• the bell of the tenth century, a development of the old castle keep.
• the deck of the twelfth century (known as Devil's Bridge ")
• Chapelle Saint-Roch
• Chapelle Saint-Etienne
• the staircase of the Commandery each consisting of 64 steps carved fromone stone
• Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
• the railway bridge
• Jean Moulin and the memorial stele of deportees located in the suburb of Gue
• The site on the shores of Fréjo Jaur