RUSSILON IN Provence: the most beautiful village

How to get to Provencal village Romsillon and what to see

With a search query "RUSSILON" you will probably find several places with this name. This is the part of the large region of Languedoc-Roussillon in France, and the historical province, in whose territory there was a County of Roussillon, and then the historical commune of Catalonia (today is part of France, this is the Department of Eastern Pyrenees).

So that the head finally did not go around from the number of French Roussillons - this article will talk about village RUSSILLON (Roussillon) in Provence, one of the most beautiful villages of the south of France and the unique attractions of these places. Skip Romsillon if you travel along Provence, it would be completely unacceptable omission. Here you will find all the necessary information about Ruslion: the photo, how to get there and what to see.

The village of Ruslon, which inhabits a little more than 1,300 people, is among the " " It is famous primarily by its cliffs with ocher, located around. Ohru first mined here on an industrial scale (from the end of the XVIII century to 1930) in a career, then production stopped for the purpose of protecting the ecology, and now Roussillon has become a popular tourist object. Hying cliffs of this Provencal village with their color and bizarre form resemble another famous landmark - American Big Canyon.

Where is the Roussillon: Region - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA); Department - Vokluz; District - APT.

How to get

The distance to Roussillon from the central cities of Provence, which are often used as the starting (basic) travel point:

EX-AN-Provence - RUSSILON - 53 kilometers;

Avignon (where there is a TGV highway station) - Roussillon ~ 50 kilometers;

CAPPANTER - RUSSILON - 38 kilometers;

APT - RUSSILON - 11 kilometers.

The nearest SNCF railway station is located in Cavaione (Cavailon) is approximately 20 kilometers from Roussillon.

All over Provence (and Roussillon, no exception) is most convenient to travel by car due to the underdevelopment of public transport between the villages. More precisely, public transport here is, but it is inconvenient due to the need to adapt to the bus schedule. If you wish, you can order excursions to small villages, such as Roussillon, from major cities of Provence. If a group is recruited (that in the high season is not difficult), the trip comes out quite at an affordable price.

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sights

In Roussillion, two main attractions are a village actually with beautiful old houses, painted in bright colors (naturally, all shades of ocher), and bizarre-hidden rocks, where a pigment extraction quarry was located before.

In the village, Roussillon starts two routes (in fact, these trails) through the hidden rocks - one for 30 minutes, another length of 60 minutes. The walk through this beautiful red-yellow-orange route is not tedious, because comfortable wooden stairs are laid on the paths. It should be borne in mind that the hidden dust can paint clothes and shoes, so it's better to wear something non-smoke.

The cost of visiting the route is 2.5 euros for adults, for children under 10 years old - free. You can also visit the Choir factory building, turned into a museum, in this case the combined ticket for a walk along the trail + visit to the museum will cost 7.5 euros.

The official website of RUSSILON - http://www.roussillon-en-provence.fr/

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RUSSILON photo.