{"id":33811,"date":"2023-07-29T01:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33811"},"modified":"2023-10-21T06:31:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:31:47","slug":"aigueze-france-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b7-2023-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33811","title":{"rendered":"Aigu\u00e8ze, France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 26th July 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 12 kms on the scooter around Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Aigu\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: 65 days @ \u20ac84 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve found the Aire CC in Saint-Martin d\u2019Ardeche very pleasant stop and we decide to stay another day. It\u2019s the full holiday season here in France and the place is packed. However the sites are large and we have full shade all day. Our French neighbours are nice people and we chat away on occasions without understanding a word each other says. I did mention submarines once but I think I got away with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a proper breakfast we set off to walk to Aigu\u00e8ze, Google said 2 kms but by Pam\u2019s watch a bit less. Our first challenge is to cross the Ard\u00e8che over the Pont de Saint-Martin a very narrow suspension bridge built in 1905, before walking up the hill to Aigu\u00e8ze. It\u2019s a beautiful morning and the views up and down the river are worth a quick stop here and there as we walk. Click on any of the images below and a gallery should open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From our guide book the Most Beautiful Villages of France you\u2019ll find Aigu\u00e8ze on page 86. The village and its fortress stands on one side of the Gorges of the Ard\u00e8che overlooking the river. From 725 it was held by the Saracens it has been attacked and liberated many times since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u00c9glise Saint-Roch d\u2019Aigu\u00e8ze stands at the entry to the village. It\u2019s certainly one of the most colourfully decorated church we\u2019ve seen in a while. Parts of the church date to the 11th century but its had several rebuilds since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s not a lot more to Aigu\u00e8ze, the fortress and remaining tower are only open to the public 1 day per year and it wasn\u2019t today. You get a much better view of the fortress from the opposite, Saint-Martin. The laneways make an interesting walk as there\u2019s some lovely cottages hidden here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walking back to the campsite we find a market in full swing in Saint-Martin. We buy ourselves a lovely piece of slow roasted pork and baked potatoes getting back to the Hymer in time for for a late second coffee and some relaxing. After lunch we wander down to the Ard\u00e8che for a swim and hang like the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Date: 26th July 2023 Travelled: 12 kms on the scooter around Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che  Visited: Aigu\u00e8ze   Stayed: Saint-Martin d\u2019Ard\u00e9che Aire CC, \u20ac16, N44.30350, E04.56620   Budget: 65 days @ \u20ac84 per day We\u2019ve found the Aire CC in Saint-Martin d\u2019Ardeche very pleasant stop and we decide to stay another day. It\u2019s the full holiday season here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-33811","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\/33811","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=33811"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35197,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33811\/revisions\/35197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}