Page 227 - Lonely Planet France’s Best Trips (Travel Guide)

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L'Arbresle # \ l L Rhône 3 Valence
Montrottier # \ / · # \ Meyzieu With its warm weather,
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St-Foy- Lyon # 1 # ^ ##I # \ Genas and relaxed cadence, it’s
l'Argentière p230
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Brignais # \ advertises itself as the
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St-Étienne Parc Naturel # \ St-Alban list that’s part of the Pic
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l'Œillon # \ de-Roussillon
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Crêt de la D519 yourself a picnic at the
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Annonay cery, L’Épicerie (%04 75 25
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AUVERGNE 07 07; www.anne-sophie-pic.
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St-Barthélemy- Victor Hugo; h9.30am-2.30pm
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l'Hermitage
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sur-Rhône / · Romans-
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/ · Lamastre sur-Isère www.maison-nivon-valence.fr; 17
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Chabeuil sic orange-rind-flavoured
Rhône /· du Vercors Swiss Vatican guard. In
RHONE-ALPES N7 Parc Naturel pastry in the shape of a
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Loriol-
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