Activities / Opportunities
at the Résidence de l'Acacia
- Swimming pool with sun loungers
- Garden with seating areas in the sun or shade
- Lounge with tables and chairs for 40 people in a natural stone vault with a small stage
- Indoor and outdoor toys for children
- Small pool table
- Table tennis (please bring your own bats and balls)
- Board games and books to borrow
- TV with international programmes
- large barbecue
- Boules court
- Playground
- campfire site
Adventure and sport in the immediate vicinity:
- Swimming, fishing in the crystal-clear waters of the Cèze approx. 10 min. on foot
- Canoe/kajak: Boat hire with pick-up service, short or long descents on the Cèze, whitewater descents on the Ardèche, Chassezac and Gardon
- Hiking on marked trails directly from the house
- Climbing e.g. climbing rocks with prepared belay points; also approx. 20 min. on foot, information on organised climbing tours in the neighbouring village of Méjannes-le-Clap
- Treetop climbing course
- Caving
- Tennis: 2 well-maintained courts in the village
- Mountain biking
- Horse riding: we organise rides for beginners and advanced riders
- Hiking with a donkey
- Boules: in every village there are public courts where you can socialise with other players
- Football: football pitch in the village
- Basketball: court in the village
- Golf: in Uzes and Avignon
- Archery: e.g. in Méjannes-le-Clap
Culture and sightseeing in the surrounding area
- Romantic villages from the Middle Ages with castles and churches worth seeing, e.g. in the neighbouring village of Goudargues, Cornillon
- Dörfer mit the label ‘most beautiful villages in France’ La Roque sur Cèze, Montclus, Aiguèze, Lussan
- Monasteries: e.g. Chartreuse de Valbonne
- Chateau des Roure with silkworm breeding
- wine tasting
- Prehistoric sites: e.g. dolmens and menhirs in the Concluses,
- Camp de César in Laudun
- Cave tours, e.g. Aven d’Orgnac, Grotte Chauvet II, Grotte de la Cocalière
- Museums: e.g Albert-André in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Lavendelmuseum
- Cities worth seeing such as Avignon, Uzès, Arles, Nimes,
- Weekly markets, e.g. Goudargues, Barjac, Uzès
Shopping
- in the neighbouring villages: small boutiques and large shops of all kinds
- Provençal weekly markets:
Wednesdays in Goudargues and Bagnols
Fridays in Barjac and Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
Saturdays in Pont St Esprit and Uzès
Sundays in Laudun and St Martin d’Ardèche
events
- Traditional festivals, all year round with a wide variety of focal points
International theater and street art festival in Avignon, held annually in July - Antiques markets, e.g. Easter and 15 August in Barjac, Isle-sur-la-Sorgues
- Demonstrations of various kinds
- Concerts
- Exhibitions, e.g. regularly in Goudargues and Cornillon
- Ancient theatres and arenas, e.g. in Orange, Nîmes, Arles,
- Operas and open-air concerts, e.g. in these ancient theatres and Cornillon
- e.g. current publications from Office de Tourisme de Provence Occitane
e.g.
- Tour of the village with a stop to play basketball or boules
- Beach on the banks of the ‘Cèze’, swimming, frolicking, kayaking
- Hiking,
- climbing tours
- the gorge of the „Cèze“’: canoe descent
- „Les Cascades du Sautadet“: impressive waterfall with bizarre limestone crater landscape
- „Les Concluses“: hike through the riverbed, dried up in summer, interesting information boards
- „La Chartreuse de Valbonne“: monastery complex with botanical trail
- Treetop climbing course
- „L’Aven d’Orgnac“: stalactite cave and prehistoric museum
- „Caverne du Pont d’Arc“, world-famous cave paintings and museum
- „Chateau des Roure“ with silkworm farm
- „Le marché“: morning stroll between the stalls in a Provençal atmosphere
e.g.
- „Pont du Gard“: famous Roman water bridge, swimming in the Gardon, museum with activities for children on the subject of ’Romans’
- Mediterranean: „Camargue“: Nature reserve, horses, bulls, flamingos, salt lakes, rice plantations,
- „Aigues-Mortes“: tour of the cruise ship town,
- “Le Grau du Roi” or “Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer”: sandy beach, shopping and sangria with guitar sounds à la Gipsy Kings
- „Ardèche“: canoe white-water descent or hike directly along the riverbank or car journey
- „Avignon“: stroll through the city, spotting, sightseeing
- „Les Baux de Provence“: knightly spectacle in the ruins of the “dead city”,
- „Carrières de Lumières’ with an annually changing programme
- „Provence’ Orange, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, ochre cliffs in Rousillon, Fontaine de Vaucluse
- ‘“Cevennes’ Tour through beautiful landscapes and familiarisation with chestnut delicacies
Ask us, we will be happy to help you with further planning tips . . .