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A coup de la Petit Smart for this artisan nougaterie that you cannot miss on the Provencal. In the Apiary de Provence, a professor established in 1938 and since then taken over by the Bonnieu family, it is the guarantee of quality nougats, manufactured to old in old copper cauldrons with selected ingredients with the greatest care. The welcome of sir is already a treat, but the contents of the many bags never leave us on our hunger! Start with the nougat of lavender honey and almonds of Provence that are found in papillotes or in the form of kilometre points celebrating the national 7, but still flavoured nougats, pâtes pastes, tendre, calissons, fruit pastes and marshmallows them… All the declination of sweets! We can assist in the manufacture of nougat. Do you know it takes 5 hours to produce 100 kilos of artisan nougat? Smells are so enticing that you are literally saliva!

At the crossing of roads, in an unexpected place, one discovers with interest a miniature ardéchois village built by a mason to the F. Vallon stone-Lover retreat. Adopting the traditional construction technique «opus incertum» with the irregular blocks enchassant without leaving a vacuum, it erected a small village on these heights that deserves a curious visit.

Cross the Bresse from north to south through two tourist routes of 100 km each. Cheminez through the bocage in search of the strange sarrasines chimneys and traces of more than half a millennium of civilization between the th Century Romanesque churches, a th century feudal castle and its th square tower, pigeonholes, poypes, etc. On the road, many gastronomic and cultural breaks await you.

For over 60 years, the Chaudron d'Or has been producing nougat in copper cauldrons with high quality products: lavender honey of Drôme, almonds of Spain, Sicilian pistachio, vanilla of Réunion. And that doesn't have a price! If it has one, it is still very reasonable for such quality. You are advised to visit the factory in order to treat your eyes and prepare your taste buds. We also love this, because while keeping the Pot, it innovates in communication and presentation. And under the language which festival! Let's take the tender nougats with fine chocolates, they are déclinent by black melting, moka, chocolate chocolate flavoured with orange. We also enjoy this incredible spread of nougat, developed by a better worker in France, the world's best-selling pastry champion, as well as the delicious reception in this gourmet house located in the city near the tourist office.

Take the big on the Grangent at the port of Saint-Victor! During a discovery of an hour of history, fauna and flora of the Loire Gorges, a lunch cruise to the groups, or even VIP for your cocktails, birthdays or seminars, take on this boat over 20 metres, with electric propulsion, and discover the water plan and its hydraulic dam. For off-season sailing, the Grangent is equipped with heating and double glazing!