Near the Bed & Breakfast

Not far from the bed & breakfast Le Serre de la Maniette, visit Grignan where, like in all the hilltop villages in the area, you can just wander the streets or under the arched passageways that shade you from the summer sun.
At the markets in Nyons, Vaison-la-Romaine and Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, you find the atmosphere of the Provence of another era.
Less than an hour's drive away, you can visit Avignon, Uzès and the Pont du Gard aqueduct, the Mont Ventoux or the gorges of the Ardèche.
If the summer of festivals (see the Information page) is hot and dry in the region of Grignan, spring and autumn give the countryside the colours of a Van Gogh painting and winter brings us the black truffle.
At the end of June and beginning of July, the blossoming lavender transforms the land into a patchwork of blue, violet and green and the distilleries
spread the fragrance of their invigorating essential oils over the countryside.
For the athletic, hiking and cycling trails are accessible from the house. Less than 1 km away you can play tennis or go horseback riding and the golf course of Clansayes is 6 km away.
And for those who love to do a little shopping, the factory outlets in Romans are a one-hour drive away.

To visit in Grignan and the surrounding areas: (click on the links to open a detailed page about each place)

• Grignan (www.grignan), the medieval hilltop village and its famous castle (12^th - 17^th centuries), the Maison du Bailli (12^th century), le Belfry (12^th century), the St-Sauveur collegiate(16^th century) with its organs and the tomb of Mme de Sévigné, the Romanesque Saint-Vincent chapel, the Rochecourbière cave (a shelter under the rocks made in the 17^th century), The Typography Workshop-Museum, the miniature Provençal village, the circuit of old roses, the Sévigné Garden, etc.

• The Cistercian abbey of Notre-dame d'Aiguebelle (www.aiguebelle).

• Chamaret and its 12^th century keep (www.chamaret).

• The hilltop villages of Valaurie (www.valaurie), La Garde-Adhémar and the chapel of the Val des Nymphes (www.garde-adhemar), Le Poët-Laval (www.poet-laval), Mirmande (www.mirmande), Cliousclat and its potters (www.cliousclat), Rousset-les-Vignes (www.rousset), Venterol (www.venterol), Vinsobres (www.vinsobres), Séguret (www.seguret), etc.

• The medieval village of Taulignan and its Silk Museum (www.taulignan).

• The Valréas town center (www.valreas) and its Romanesque church, The Château Ripert tower (12^th century), the château of Simiane (17-18^th centuries), the chapel of the Pénitents Blancs et Noirs, the Cordeliers and Tivoli towers, the Museum of Printing and  de l'imprimerie and Cardboard, etc.

• Dieulefit (www.dieulefit), its 12^th century Belfry and Church, its potters and the Maison de la Terre; nearby, the medieval church of Comps and the ruins of the Aleyrac priory.

• Nyons (www.nyons), the Olive capital, with its Romanesque Bridge over the Eygues, The neighborhood of the Forts (13^th-14^th centuries), le Delphinal Palace (14^th century), the ruins of the Château-Vieux (9^th century), The Museum of the Olive Tree, the old olive oil mils, the Scoutinerie, the Museum of the Motorcycle, the garden of Aromas.

• Suze-la-Rousse (www.suze-la-Rousse) and its 12^th century castle, seat of the Wine University.

• A bit farther away: Vaison-la-Romaine (www.vaison), Orange (www.orange), its Roman Triumphal Arch et famous Amphitheatre, Avignon (www.avignon), Buis-les-Baronnies (www.buis), the Mont-Ventoux (www.mont-ventoux), Gigondas and the Dentelles de Montmirail Mountains (www.gigondas), The gorges of the Ardèche (www.gorges-ardeche), Romans-sur-Isère (www.romans) and the Mailman Cheval's Palace in Hauterives (www.hauterives), etc.

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