{"id":33785,"date":"2023-07-27T02:58:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33785"},"modified":"2023-10-21T06:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:28:45","slug":"aigueze-france-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b7-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33785","title":{"rendered":"La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze, France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 25th July 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 40 kms from La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze to Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che Aire CC, \u20ac16, N44.30350, E04.56620  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 64 days @ \u20ac86 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once we got across the bridge with 2 inch either side to spare (pictured above) we settled in to the aire at La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze. Deciding it was too hot to walk up the the old town today, we spent an hour chatting to our new English neighbours Shaun and Sally and their children Tom and Ralph. Ralph and Pam got on like a house on fire as they are both into transformers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a hot and stormy evening in La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze. We where parked deep in the shade and the breeze kept it relatively comfortable until bedtime when we resorted to the AC. Some lightning, thunder and a shower of rain about 3am signalled the AC is no longer needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our coffee and fruit we walk back over the Pont Charles-Martel, the old stone bridge crossing the River C\u00e8ze below La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze<\/a> and start the walk through the vineyards then up the hill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 12 arch Pont Charles-Martel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From our guide book the Most Beautiful Villages of France you\u2019ll find La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze on page 126. The village stands on a rocky slope overlooking the river and valley below. La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze held a strategic position overlooking the Roman Road to Alba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guide book tells us it\u2019s a steep walk through the narrow winding laneway cobbled with river stones and it was right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first find is the \u00c9glise of the Ch\u00e2teau. The blurb tells us it has been rebuilt many times over the past 800 years including being partially destroyed in 1944 in a bombardment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like the gardens of Lussan we visited yesterday the dry climate is more evident here in La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze. Our favourite house from our wandering is pictured below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below that a picture of the surrounding countryside from the viewing point just below the ruins of the castle. Vineyards and more vineyards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured above the Romanesque chapel and castle ruins La Roque-sur-Ceze. It\u2019s all marked private property and that\u2019s the best picture I could manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We make our way back to the Hymer and make ready for the road. Then we continue on to Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che but that\u2019s a story for another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 25th July 2023 Travelled: 40 kms from La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze to Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che Visited: La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze Stayed: Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che Aire CC, \u20ac16, N44.30350, E04.56620   Budget: 64 days @ \u20ac86 per day Once we got across the bridge with 2 inch either side to spare (pictured above) we settled in to the aire at La Roque-sur-C\u00e8ze. Deciding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-33785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-french-villages","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33785"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35196,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33785\/revisions\/35196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}