Visits and museums
Provence Occitane has a very active cultural life and several fine museums. In Bagnols-sur-Cèze you can see the masterpieces of artists who have lived or stayed here. While wandering the alleyways of Pont-Saint-Esprit, make a stop at the Maison des Chevaliers, a worthy showcase for a collection of sacred art from all over the world.
Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The 100-roomed Bishops Palace opens its doors to reveal the
amazing gigantic fireplaces in its medieval kitchens, its unique
painted ceilings, ...
Pont-Saint-Esprit
The Museum takes an audacious and original cultural approach to sacred art. The Maison des Chevaliers, or House of Knights, is a magnificent setting ...
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
The Jacques Deuze Tower is the centerpiece of this fortified complex.
Grignan
Reconstitution of a 19th-century village. The miniature provençal village is laid out in a 400 sq mtrs building occupied by 1000 santon figures, ...
Pont-Saint-Esprit
Saint-Montan
This exceptional fortress and village has been restored and rebuilt stone by stone using traditional materials and building techniques thanks to ...
Vagnas
Inaugurated in February 2020, the medieval museum "Le temps de Vagnas" presents the collection of exceptional medieval liturgical furniture from ...
Mornas
Come and push open the door of the Mornas fortress. A host of ladies and lords will tell you all about the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages ...
Saint-Remèze
New and unusual, get on the little lavender train for a wonderful trip full of colours and scents! Witness the distillation of essential oil and ...
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Discover an exceptional collection of Post-Impressionist and contemporary figurative paintings with several masterpieces by the great modern painters:...
Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
The museum is housed in a beautiful 17th-century city mansion, once
the palace of Cardinal Ceccano.
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Discover humanity's first great masterpieces, dated 36,000 years ago. In a 29-hectare wooded park, the Chauvet cave, 'grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche', is...
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Orgnac-l'Aven
On the Grand Site de l'Aven d'Orgnac, the Cité de la Préhistoire - a modern, playful museographic space with the Musée de France label - evokes ...
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres stands out for the presence of an admirable and unusual fortified church.
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
Tour Ribas Tower is entirely Romanesque.
Montélimar
Alba-la-Romaine