Parent walkers, are you looking for an agreeable outing in the Diois which your children will enjoy?
Whereas you may think of walking as a therapeutic activity through which you can take exercise and forget the daily stress of life, your children may not always see it that way!
For the sake of family peace, between those who wish to do something and those who remain to be convinced, we suggest our set of easy outings, not too long and punctuated with recreational pauses to satisfy the whole family. So, here we go with an overview of paths which will please everyone and help you let off steam, and build up the calf muscles of young and old.
Rendez-vous at one of the reception desks of our Office de Tourisme to find out more about these walking ideas. Walker parents, are you looking for an interesting outing in the Diois along with your children?
Les Moulins de La Motte Chalancon…
‘ainsi font font font 3 petits tours et puis s’en vont’ (French nursery rhyme)
A short and refreshing walk on the mill path with its leats, by the riverside.
Discover a wetland featuring orchids, whilst enjoying a view over this picturesque village.
- Start at la Motte Chalancon
- Length : 1h30
- Height gained: 135m
- Distance : 2,5km
‘The Who am I’ of the Sucettes de Borne
The wide path on the banks of a stream leads to these narrow and elegant blades of rock which erosion has sculpted into different shapes. Use your imagination to look closely at mother nature and guess what you can see in these shapes.
- Start et Glandage (Borne hamlet)
- Length : 1h30 to 2h
- Height gained: 170m
- Distance : 5km
Meet the tiny inhabitants of the Marais des Bouligons
This marsh is the largest wetland area in the Drôme and remains unique in a mountain context.
Laid across the reed beds, a raised wooden pathway helps you discover this environment whilst keeping your feet dry. This is a paradise for dragon flies, butterflies, amphibians and birds so don’t forget your binoculars!
- Start from the car park on the la RD 93 (8km from Luc-en-Diois towards Gap)
- Length : 1h30 to 2h
- Height gained: 100m
- Distance : 3km
- Dogs must be kept on leads
The geological labyrinth of the Claps listed site
The landslide of the Pic de Luc has created a spectacular and chaotic maze which you can pretend to get lost in.
The Saut de la Drôme waterfall contributes its freshness.
- Start from Luc-en-Diois (from the council camp site)
- Length : 1h15
- Height gained : 40m
- Distance : 5km
- Dogs must be held on a lead
The ‘Cabanons de vigne’ trail at Châtillon-en-Diois
The ‘cabanons’ (field barns) are part of Châtillon-en-Diois agricultural and landscape heritage. There are seventy of them, dotted around one of the highest wine growing areas of France.
- Start at Châtillon-en-Diois (from Le Maupas)
- Length : 1h30
- Height gained : 97m
- Distance : 4,3km
- Dogs must be held on a lead
The ‘Autonière’ resurgence at Aucelon
Where water emerges from the rock
You are immediately rewarded with a view of the hilltop village perched on its narrow promontory, worthy of a postcard, whilst the path zigzags down to the ruins of a water mill set in a patch of grass amidst centuries old trees.
The Autonière resurgence, which spews out it’s white water whenever there is heavy rain, is worth the visit and it’s also worth including the ruins of the castle.
- Start from Aucelon
- Length : 2h
- Height gained: 220 m
- Distance : 4,5 km
- Dogs must be kept on a lead
Young mountaineer walk at the Col des Prêtres, Grimone
Une boucle avec l’avantage incontesté pour les petites jambes de partir de 1318 mètres pour prendre facilement de la hauteur et se sentir de suite en montagne !
A circuit which has the definite advantage for young legs of starting at 1318 metres, quickly gaining height and then feeling you are in a mountain environment.
An amazing panoramic view over the cliffs of the Vercors and the highest peaks in the Drôme.
- Start from Grimone (Col de Grimone)
- Length : 2h
- Height gained : 271m
- Distance : 4,5km
- Dogs must be kept on a lead
The lavender of the Roanne Valley
‘Gentle France, dear land of my childhood’
Take in the calming odour of our grandmothers’ linen cupboards, to the sound of the cicadas, between fields and ‘garrigue’, between the village and the Montagne d’Angèle, never losing the Provencal feel. Feast your eyes on blue lavender between mid-June and late July.
- Start at Saint Nazaire le Désert
- Circuit n°101
- Length : 2h15
- Height gained : 300m
- Distance : 4km
- Circuit n°118
- Length : 2h
- Height gained : 180m
- Distance : 5,5km
- Dogs must be kept on a lead
It’s a glide. On the vulture trail
Serving as an entry point into the ‘Hauts Plateaux du Vercors’, this circus of impressive cliffs is well known for the successful reintroduction of the Griffon vulture, which we can learn all about, thanks to the interpretation panels on the trail.
- Start at Archiane hamlet (Châtillon-en-Diois)
- Length : 2h30
- Height gained : 350m
- Distance : 5km
The Drôme is a wild river, starting at Valdrôme
One of the last wild rivers in Europe, this fun walk is a natural choice if you want to recharge your batteries in an unspoilt natural setting.
Following all that effort, the banks of the river are ideal for a moment of relaxation amongst the well-polished pebbles.
- Start at Valdrôme
- Length : 45 min
- Distance : 1,5km
- Dogs must be kept on leads
