Camping Les Chapelains

Presentation

A small family and environmentally friendly nature campsite in the Bio-Drôme valley, between river and village. Far from the chains and groups that industrialize and standardize camping holidays, we give you an opportunity to recharge and to reconnect with your family, children, friends, lover, for a weekend or holidays.



Come and enjoy the warmth and sunshine of southeastern France, in the shade of the poplars and on the banks of the Drôme river for a refreshing swim in the river, our natural swimming pool. Calm, warm atmosphere, relaxation, slow tourism: we want to make your stay unforgettable, because our best recognition will be to welcome you once again when you come back to Saillans at the campsite Les Chapelains ★★★.

Short presentation

Slow tourism in the Drôme valley by the river, portal to Provence, at the foot of the Vercors and the Southern Alps. Quietness, family and friendly atmosphere: come to get a breath and indulge yourself with your family, kids, friends or your partner at camping Les Chapelains ★★★, in the sun or the shade of poplar trees or the « ramière », on the banks of the river Drôme.

Services, leisures and animations

Free Wifi. Bar, snack, restaurant. Half board. Bread and pastries. Fridge and various equipment for rent. Direct access to the river Drôme. Toy library, Children playground, Table-tennis, tennis court, book library. In the High-Season: Children’s entertainment and themed evening. Washing machine.

Description of region

Between Vercors and Provence lies a deep green groove : the Drôme valley and the Diois. The area contains gourmet treasures: ‘picodon’, ‘croquants’, the famous Clairette wine, lavender and aromatic plants and herbs. It’s an artistic and cultural centre where a number of creative people have elected to live and work here.

The ‘tour de Crest’, 52 metres high, is a veritable sentinel standing guard over this picturesque medieval town and the valley it occupies. To satisfy yourself on this point you only have to admire the astonishing panorama which unfolds from this one of the highest keeps in France. Die owes its finest monuments to the Roman period, including its town walls and the many artefacts held by the ‘Musée d’Histoire et d’Archéologie’. Close by the Abbaye de Valcroissant is over 800 years old. At Châtillon-en-Diois, it’s the tinkling of 17 fountains with their stone basins which is a recurring feature of a walk through the ‘viols’ (narrow streets) of this medieval village, which today boasts the status of ‘village botanique’. Finally a ‘farandole’ (dance) through the hilltop villages which characterise this valley, reveals a flourishing artistic activity, represented by the Cliousclat potters or the painters and craft workers of neighbouring Mirmande.

From its junction with the Rhône to its source at La Bâtie-des-Fonds in the Préalpes du Sud, the river Drôme, one of the last untamed rivers of France, runs like a common thread through the area. The river offers, together with its smaller tributaries, a considerable range of aquatic activities, from the most tranquil to the most extreme. Strollers, hikers, botanists and entomologists will be beguiled by the ‘forêt de Saoû’, nestling at the heart of the highest high level syncline in Europe. The Cirque d’Archiane and its impressive limestone cliffs, marking the southern extremity of the Parc Naturel Régional du Vercors, is another not to be missed grandiose site.

Nature sports are part of the DNA of the Drôme. Hiking, mountain biking, orienteering, climbing, trail running, canoeing, caving, paragliding ... almost all nature sports can be practiced there. Thus, the Drôme now has about 6,000 km of hiking trails, 500 km of canoeing routes, 7 stations, 5 via ferrata, 17 sports orientation areas, about forty free flight sites, more than one hundreds of climbing sites, etc.

Quality facilities and events (_trail des Baronnies_, mountain bike raid _Les Chemins du Soleil_) contribute to increase the reputation of the Drôme.

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