Provencal Drome

Visit Provencal Drome, Rhone-Alpes

The Drome - Provencal region of France is a part of the Rhone-Alps region, in the Drome department along the border with Provence. It shares many characteristics with its southern neighbour, hence the reason why the southern third of the Drome department is called 'Drome Provencal'

The region roughly covers the area between Montélimar to the west, Rosans and Orpierre to the east, and Séderon to the south-east, with other towns in the region including Grignan, Valreas, Pierrelatte, Dieulefit, Buis les Baronnies and Saint Paul Trois Chateaux.

Not so much a land of high drama as one of gentle rolling beauty, with the occasional rocky outcrop, the provencal Drome is the perfect place to take it easy and to simply relax in the lovely surroundings of quaint old villages, sunflowers and olive trees

Perhaps above all it is for the extensive lavender fields that colour the landscape blue and purple for much of the summer that the region is best known.

There are numerous small villages that dot the Drome region  - among the attractive villages are Grignan, Dieulefit, Suze-la-Rousse, Nyons, Buis-les-Barronnies in its lovely gentle mountain setting, and Rousset-les-Vignes.

Among the most popular with visitors, the village of Montbrun-les-Bains in the south-east of the Drome-Provence is classified as a 'most beautiful village of France' as are Le Poet-Laval (east of Montelimar) and La Garde-Adhemar (south-west near Pierrelatte). Few of the little villages in the region will disappoint however, and each has something new to explore and discover.

Vaison-la-Romaine is also well placed to explore the region, although it falls just across the border in Provence.

Suggested places to visit near Provencal Drome, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Seguret 35km; Saint-Montan 36km; Alba-la-Romaine 37km; Dentelles de Montmirail 38km; Privas 44km; Aigueze 47km; Orange 47km; Valence 48km; Montbrun-les-Bains 49km; Vogue 52km; Carpentras 52km; Pont d'Arc 54km; Aubenas 54km; Vallon Pont d'Arc 55km; Gorges de l'Ardeche 55km; Balazuc 55km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Provencal Drome

Provencal Drome tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Abbaye d'Aiguebelle (Montjoyer) - religious monument (18km) : Nyons - recommended detour (19km) : Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) - religious monument (28km) : Jardin des herbes - remarkable garden (29km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) - religious monument (29km) : Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) - religious monument (31km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) - religious monument (31km) : Dentelles de Montmirail - site of natural beauty (38km) :

French version: see Provencal Drome (Francais)