 Tour
de Drôme 11th to 18th June 2005
The accommodation: We will
be staying at about 300 metres up in the gites near Autichamp, a hamlet
seven kilometres from the town of Crest in the Drôme valley.
As the capacity of the gites at Autichamp is exceeded by the number of
people who want to go, bookings will not be accepted at the moment from
anyone who has not already expressed an interest.
Travelling there: After taking the Eurostar train from
London at 12.39pm to Lille and changing onto the TGV train to reach Valence
TGV station at 19.46pm, we will collect you for the 40 kilometre drive
to Autichamp. (Train times to be confirmed.)
The hills and valleys of the Drôme Provençale south of
the
Drôme valley are at up to 1100 metres high including the
889 metre Montagne du Poët and 1128 metre Serre des Plaines
above 416 metre Pas de Lausens and Col de la Chaudière at
1047 metres.
Between the hills of the Drôme Provençale and the River
Rhône is the flat Montélimar basin with the Roubion and Jabron
rivers, the medieval village of La Bégude-de-Mazenc and lavender
fields. More on the Drôme Provençale.
Across the Drôme valley, to the north is the mountainous upland
of the Vercors with its steep gorges and high plateaux over 980 metre
Col de Bacchus and 1367 metre Col de Rousset. More
on the Vercors.
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Col de Rousset in the Vercors. |
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The hills of the Drôme
Provençale |
The hills at Autichamp with the Vercors
in the distance.
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