The wooded countryside around St. Thomé, with its small valleys, is ideal for walking or riding on mountain-bike or horseback.
IF YOU’RE FOND OF SPORT, YOU’LL FIND SOMETHING TO PLEASE YOU DURING YOUR STAY AT LE MOULINAGE - Canoeing on the Ardèche or Chassezac Rivers
- Acrobranching at Vals les Bains or in the Marsanne Forest
- Climbing the Défilé de Donzère, the cliffs of Chassezac, of Beaume …..
- Tennis at St. Thomé
- Golf at the Domaine de la Valdaine (18 holes) or Clansayes (9 holes)
- Horseback riding in the magnificent scenery of the Ibie Valley
IF YOU’RE FOND OF ART AND HISTORY, YOU’LL FIND PLENTY TO SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY WHEN YOU VISIT:
- The archaeological site and Roman Amphitheatre at Alba la Romaine
- The Roman Bridge at Viviers and the Cathedral
- The beauty spots of St. Montan, the Roman Church at Larnas, the tower at Mirabel and the remarkable basaltic neck at Sceautre.
- And also St.Thomé on its rocky peak featured in the novel «Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle»
SPORT AND HISTORY OF COURSE BUT GASTRONOMY IS ALSO THERE TO PLEASE YOUR TASTE BUDS - Above all, Martine’s cooking and home made delicatessen
- Good restaurants with varied and/or imaginative cooking
- And also future star-rated restaurants at attractive prices
- Ripe fruit, ready to eat, to be picked from the trees (apricot, peaches, plums ……)
- Local truffles to be found at Richerenches market
- Ardèche goat cheese just as good as Drôme cheese
- Ardèche olive oil back again after being destroyed by heavy frost in ‘56
- And the eternal Montélimar Nougat.
BUT ABOVE ALL, NO BODY BUILDING, NO EGGHEAD ACTIVITIES NOR FULL STOMACHS WITHOUT A GLASS OF WINE IN THE IMAGE OF LE MOULINAGE : NATURAL - You can taste natural regional wines, the fruit of protected wine-growing, respectful of both the soil and mankind
- The pleasant taste of wine made entirely from grapes, where nothing has been added nor taken away
FINALLY, BEFORE LEAVING OR DURING YOUR STAY: - On the permanently sunny mornings you can stop off at one of the many village markets
- You can make the morning last with a car boot sale, an antique fair, a visit to a pottery, an ecological museum or a craft workshop.
IF ALL THAT TERRIFIES YOU, DON’T BE PUT OFF, just relax by the riverside with a good book open or with it covering your face so the dragonflies don’t disturb your siesta. Or finally just let your imagination run wild ….. are you a butterfly or a butterfly’s dream?
