Grignan - Drome Provençale
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| 9 km from Valaurie, 7 km de Taulignan Altitude: 198 Population: 1368 Grignan is a charming village in Drome Provencale. Built on a small, rocky hill around a listed castle that was developed in the Renaissance but first built in the twelfth century – and which is also open to visitors – the village is close to the 'Papal enclave', the Nyonsais and the Route des Vins. The celebrated Marquise de Sévigné, a seventeenth-century letter writer, used to come to the area to visit her daughter, Madame de Grignan, who lived in the castle. |
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What to see and visit: the castle, the sixteenth-century Sévigné tower alongside the castle's terrace, which contains the tomb of the Marquise de Sévigné; the cemetery and the Saint-Vincent chapel, which includes Grignan's oldest monument, dating back to the eleventh century; the belfry; wash houses; the museum; the botanical trail, including the ancient roses that line the village’s ramparts; the Sévigné Garden; the 'buxus maze' alongside the path leading to the cave (which is open to visitors free of charge). |
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Provencal market : mardi matin (truffes du 1er oct. au 1er avril). 2 marchés nocturnes en costumes 17ème en été. Marché de Noël et animations (truffes et vins). Festivities : Fête communale le lundi de Pâques. Fête patronale en fin juillet/début août. Concerts d'orgues et musique à l'église et au château. Fêtes nocturnes au château en juillet et août. Festival de la correspondance début juillet. Soirées jazz au château en novembre/décembre. Visites du musée, du château. "Village botanique" : roses anciennes le long des remparts. Jardin Sévigné, le long du chemin qui mène à la grotte : labyrinthe de buis (accès libre). |
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