Non-Cycling Activities

St.Nazaire-en-Royans is a good base for non-cycling activities. In the village, you can while away many an hour feeding the ducks, visiting the caves and the aqueduct. The Choranche caves, a few miles from the village, are simply stunning and not to be missed. And the Palais Ideal, to the north of us (see the picture below) is an interesting example of naive architecture, built entirely by one man, a postman, over 100 years ago. The following activities are also possible:

Walking in the Vercors Nature Reserve.

Trout fishing - some of the best in France

Tennis

Horse riding

Climbing

Golf

Relax by the river

Photography

Painting

Running

Tree surfing

 

It is surprising that the area receives such scant coverage (often none at all) in guidebooks on France.  But we're not complaining - it keeps it nice and quiet.