The most beautiful natural sites to discover France

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Maison de l'Eau, de la Pêche et de la Nature provides a better understanding of the environment of Val de Saône. With its four museum exhibition rooms, it allows visitors to discover local nature and fishing, thanks to modern equipment, audiovisual techniques, aquariums and various educational areas. The educational room has various documentary resources as well as observation and experimentation material available to the public. It is also a tourist information relay point. It is the starting point of the EcoPagayeur courses which allow to discover in an original way the fauna and flora: on board a canoe.

Lake Marcenay, owned by the Conservatory of Natural Spaces in Burgundy and the Federation of Côte d 'Or for fishing was emptied at the end of 2016 but recovered its water level and the fish were reintroduced in the spring of 2018. The Lake of Marcenay is a necessary passage for nature lovers! There is a concentration of endangered plants in the region. There is also the largest roseless on Côte d 'Or. In short, walking around Lake Marcenay is necessary!

To know all the 69 municipalities that make up the park on the two departments of Essonne and Seine-et-Marne. Important: the charter available on the website, a true passport for a better understanding and preservation of the park. Every year, on the third Sunday in September, the park organizes the Musical Adventure, a succession of small concerts in the Carrière-sur-Ecole sandstone quarry, as well as an artistic hike in June, punctuated by interventions by actors.

This temple of modernity, made by the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, offers the appearance of a set of superimposed cubes, arranged according to the terrain and the sun race, to offer maximum sunshine throughout the day. The garden has large bays as many gaps on the landscape as the rectangular shape can evoke the presence of a painting on a wall. Many artists lived and created in this villa of extreme comfort, with multiple bathrooms, a swimming pool, squash. After the death of Marie-Laure de Noailles in 1972, the villa was finally bought by the City of Hyères and is now in the form of a museum of modern art, art and architecture centre.

From 1850 to 1930, beautiful villas were built for fortunés or wealthy industrialists. For example, that of Alexis Godillot, Avenue Riondet, Villa Tolosan, avenue du 15 e-Corps, built for the Duke of Luynes, or the Tunisian villa, avenue de Beauregard, superb Moorish style construction.

The tourist office offers a 1-hour tour of the 30 th century.

700,000 years old natural excavations, these caves made of tuff offer an exceptional collection of underground landscapes adorned with stalactites, stalagmites and giant stalactites. The constant presence of water over the centuries prevented the formation of stalagmites. The monks of the abbey of Saint-Victor were certainly the first occupants of the caves. Used as hiding against the invader, they were sold in 1566 to Nicolas d'Albertas, Lord Gemenos, which he modified and strengthened.

Admire the underwater fauna and flora thanks to the submerged and transparent hull of this very special air-conditioned boat. The commented walk lasts about 30 minutes.

Was this stone standing in the middle of the circus a megalithic monument dating back to the Gallo-Roman period, or simply a rock that got detached from the crêt? His presence inspired many legends and assumptions, reinforced by the existence in the Bassin basin of other megaliths, inadequate rocks, levées and other white… A beautiful gazebo overlooks the circus of Vogna.

Where does the name of this waterfall come from a height of 35 m in the bottom of the Remote? Probably the stalagmite that formed at its base and looks like five cattails. A name that plunges us in the Middle Ages… Fans of medieval remains can also continue the heritage trail over 8,5 km. He follows the course of the Dard and leads to the last vestiges of Dramelay castle: a tower erected in the th century.

The Serpentine that flows at the foot of Funnel forms a small water plan on the site of a ruined mill, before throwing itself out of a high corniche over 15 meters. The remains of this former mill clearly illustrate the existence of an important economic activity based on the only driving force of water: mill, but also sawmill… One can still imagine, listening to the flow of water, the snoring of the blade le wood. We can observe the fauna and flora that have developed in water restraint. By dry weather, the source dries up and offers the possibility of stretching 28 m underground to reach a permanent underground water plan.

Yes, vineyard used to be grown here, on the Cap Ferret peninsula. Muscat, chasselas or cabernet, the avenues of the penisula still bear the mark. Surrounded by fine sand beaches, the village has superb villas scattered on the slope of the dune and its marina, dating back to 1960 and built on former fish tanks, is quite remarkable. Here the tide arises less than elsewhere, due to the unusual layout of the coast and the channels. Thus a large cement pontoon could be built in order to load heavy tonnages on boats.

The Gizia valley is presented as «the most savage of the Jura reculées». Whether geologists do not recognize all the criteria of a remote! This 2 km valley ending with a 220-metre cliff is a beautiful place. Classified as a natural area of ecological and faunistique interest, she houses peregrine falcons, grand dukes, chamois and other animals that can be seen in randonnant. The flora is the kingdom of orchids and Saxifrage de, an endemic species (specific to a given place). Rare in the Jura! From the Belvédère cross, a panoramic view is offered on the valley. Basically, the hamlets of the municipality are wintering along the river which also bears the name of Gizia. It has long fed the activity of the valley which counted up to seven mills, many of which have unfortunately disappeared.