Royans

Located in the Vercors Regional Natural Park, the Royans offers the ideal compromise between city and mountain. Within half and hour, cars, busses or trains will drop you off in Romans and Valence and within 40 minutes in Grenoble. The largest cities of Isère and Drôme are at a blink of an eye.
It is a green gulf protected from winds and urban mayhem, which rises from 200 to 1700 meters high. It gathers all sorts of geographical, climatic and landscape nuances, taking you from plains to mountains, and offers all touristic and recreational possibilities proper to those different worlds: the plains and waters, hills, cliffs, forests, caves, high mountain pastures. Outdoor activities include hiking, mountain and recreational biking, climbing, canyoning, areal sports, horseback riding, lake and river fishing, diving, caving… Sled dog, snowshoeing, downhill and Nordic skiing, snow-kite…
Rich of many culinary specialties, Royans is, amongst other things, the country of “ravioles” and walnuts. We shall not fail to mention the specialties of nearby territories: the « pogne » of Romans, Vercors blue cheese, St Marcellin goat cheese and the « Clairette » de Die.
However tranquility and quality of life can also rhyme with activity and dynamism. Royans is a territory open to the rest of the world and modern life with High speed Internet. Culture is not lacking with numerous museums and highly historical places.