Things to see and do Rhônes-Alpes

A two-hectare aquatic recreation park on the outskirts of Saône: current basin, swimming pool, large basin in soft slope and 42 m slide in a green environment.

From Saint-Genis, take the fast direction towards Bellegarde and then exit Saint-Jean-de-Gonville. Follow the D 984 towards Peron. Summer visits from May to October by appointment. The Association for the Preservation of Old Fruit Varieties has in its orchard 155 varieties of apple trees, 59 varieties of pear trees and a dozen varieties of plum, to come discover to be sensitized to the challenges of conserving our plant heritage. Amateur growers will also be able to take large and greffe courses.

Located in the hills above Oyonnax, just 3 km from Lac Genin, the Parc d'Aventures Oyoxygène is a multi-activity leisure park open to all. Open every weekend from 1:30 to 6:00 pm, the park offers a variety of fun and sporting activities to enjoy the surrounding countryside. Among the activities on offer are accrobranche (tree climbing), escape games, treasure hunts, orienteering and biathlon. The park also offers group activities for larger groups, such as the Orientathlon and AccrOlympiades. Before cooling off at Lac Genin, you can take advantage of 2 hectares of forest devoted to outdoor activities in an unspoilt natural setting. The park is located at an altitude of 950 metres in the Jura mountains, in the heart of a fir forest, and offers the ideal setting for a day of adventure in the great outdoors.

A rare museum that leads us to discover the work of a lifetime. This life transformed under our eyes in works of art is that of Joseph Junique, whose wooden marvels are présente and translucent, sculpted in a very original way. Joseph says Alexey Junique first created polychrome toys in wood and musical instruments, and then evolves by giving shape to glued objects such as these vases or cuts. Finally, he discovers the translucent wood to use it as a jewellery material giving rise to real jewelry. In our eyes, it is a love story that is unfolding, that of a simple and brilliant man with a noble and living material, wood. A museum to discover with interest.

Very trendy and highly successful with budding adventurers, Adventure Forests are always magical places where one moves from tree to tree by means that Tarzan and Indiana Jones assembled would not have Reneged. The disadvantage, in general, of these paths is that they are reserved for adults in full shape and that families are bored by watching Daddy and the son faire him in the end of a rope. Well there, not at all, since a wonderful kid's journey allows children to face the danger - safely - and take insurance while waiting to pass on the big tyrolean. An address to make everyone happy together.

This castle has little to do with that of Star'Ac! And yet we're at a talent discoverer on a national rock scene that becomes a little more compelling every year. 2 kilometres from Saint Center, it was in the old family farm that Mr Exbrayat created the castle Ruling in the late 1970 s. At the beginning, these are musicians who come to animate the place, and then they will be increasingly international groups that will come to burn the planks of a mythical stage, open to all styles: reggae (with Kana in particular), techno-rock (Dandy Freaks), jazz acid (Brooklyn Funk Essentials)… So some "big sizes" make, after a Parisian scene, a detour by Ruling for an unforgettable date. Of course, it is sometimes difficult to reach the bar of a box as irrefutable as the music it broadcasts, but the pleasure of coming here is still in the diverse encounters that can be made on its way. Note that to make a full place for new electronic music, Ruling has opened a second room - down - to the electric atmosphere with a turning dj from the dub to drum & bass passing through the hardtek. In short, a passage required to live at the time of the night ardéchoise.

Passing travellers to Villeneuve-de-Berg are already in a glowing hamlet called «Les Mines», often without knowing what history this curious quarter of Saint-Priest was attached. A story that marked very much its red footprint - the colour of iron ore - the entire Privas region in the th century, the "industrial" history that was quickly wanted to erase memories and landscape. It was in 1843 that the first concession of the Privas basin was used on a deposit of high-quality iron ore which allowed local and regional industry to develop through the transformation of this raw material, which was not found in Saint-Etienne or Alès - coal. At that time, we are fighting for the best concessions, including the one in Saint-priest that came into operation in 1849. A particularly extensive concession where almost 500 miners and workers were employed to extract nearly 4 million tons of iron ore through a century of exploitation. Iron ore, channelled to the Pouzin blast furnace, then crossed Privas into more smashing the road - think that diligence took twelve hours to connect Le Pouzin to the Prefecture! For this reason, the Paris-Lyon-Marseille company was awarded a concession to build the first railway of the Ardèche linking the Valley of the Rhone to Saint-Priest. But depletion of the deposit, competition from open skies in Africa and the disastrous «tourism» image of its mines inevitably lead to their final closure in 1950. With a strong emphasis on the landscape with quarries of marne used to backfill galleries, leaving a gigantic built heritage, wells, chevalements, factories and an important cultural heritage - preserved until now at the Ardéchoise Earth Museum - mines still seem to have never existed! And you must venture through abundant vegetation or along the old track dismantled to discover the deposits of the past, such as this impressive mine sink No. 9 classified historic monument and completely submerged in trees. To discover this exciting history, the basement of the region and the sites of exploitation, you will be contacted with interest the Geological Society of the Ardèche which has its headquarters in Saint-Priest.

An activity in the air of time and in the air short, since you walk through the paths by walking in the tree airs. Four courses of growing difficulty adapted at all levels and at all ages from 5 years of age. For the best sensations, a giant Tyrolean 250 meters long and 40 meters from top to top! A little more than two hours of adventure in the trees in complete safety.