Les Aubes, Roynac near Montelimar in northern Provence, France
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One of the many lavander feilds close to Les Aubes Les Aubes is in the northern part of Provence called Drome Provencale. It is a region where The Pre-Alps to the north East descend and run into the carpet of the Southern Rhone Valley. It is a peaceful area where farming and wine growing are important and where history and culture abound. The climate is provencal tempered by the regions proximity to the peaks of the Vercor Mountains. In Spring the fields abound with wild flowers such as poppies. In Summer there is a profusion of Lavender, Sunflowers and wheat fields and of course grapes maturing under the summer sunshine. In autumn the forests display a thousand shades of gold and russet while in the vineyards the harvest is taking place.

Roynac is a typical old French village complete with communal laundry basin and 16 th century church. It is surrounded by hills and forest. The nearest village of any size is Cleon D’Andran about one mile distance from Les Aubes. It has all the essential commerce needed. There are banks, a post office, chemist, supermarket, tobacconist, three restaurants and bars, an excellent butchers, a garage, a doctor, a dentist. The village also boasts a communal tennis court that can be reserved.
Some fifteen minutes drive away at Montboucher, is a renowned 18 hole golf course with a club house, bar and gourmet restaurant.

Heading out eastwards there are several places along the river Drome that offer canoeing and kayaking for hire. Continue along the route to Die (pronounced Dee) and you will drive into Majestic Vercor's national park with its high mountains forests, caves, and in winter ski resorts.

One only needs to be a little more adventurous and take the “route de vin” route of wine, to discover many more places of interest. At Grignan there is the beautiful old chateau where the famous Madame de Sevigne wrote all of her letters about the French court. During the summer the chateau is the setting for a festival of plays and concerts.

Close by at Nyons there is as wonderful Provencal market each Thursday and an artesian market each Sunday. A little further south but not to be missed is the city of Avignon, with it’s famous bridge and the Popes Palace which dates back to the middle ages. In July Avignon gives itself over to Europe's largest theatre festival and during a three week period hundreds of theatres spring up to perform everything from Shakespeare to Chinese ballet.
There are two fine examples of perched villages in the area, The historical Poet Laval the medieval home of the famous Knights Templer, and Miramande a picturesque village with two good restaurants. If you travel westward you cross the Rhone river and enter the department of Ardeche where you can discover the famous Gorge d’Ardeche –a mini Grand Canyon – and more facilities for canoeing and rafting.

If all this sounds a little hectic the alternative is to laze by the pool and watch the sun go down with a glass of your favourite Côtes de Rhone and the aroma of the barbeque to round off your day in Provence.

Place des Papes with the Palace of the Medieval Popes Local goat herds are kept for the famous Picadon goats cheese There are fields of Wheat ripening everywhere in the summer
Theatre posters displayed for the Avignon Festival