The Sentier de la rando des Gorges de l'Ardèche crosses the Réserve Naturelle des Gorges de l'Ardèche, is 24 km long in total and is designed as a linear trail, not a circular route.
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche can include this type of accommodation in their own travel plans.
Nature
Piboulette is an easy circular route that passes the Château du Bosquet and returns through the riparian forest along the quieter Ardèche after the river has left the gorges.
Water
The Plage du Grain de Sel in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche is a riverside bathing area and bears the Pavillon Bleu label. At the end of 2023, it had an excellent bathing water quality classification; this was based on the average of the quality results from the preceding four years. The Plage du Grain de Sel also has a jetty for people with reduced mobility as well as a Tiralo.
Canoe providers in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche offer a 6 km downstream nature trip to the Plage du Pont Cassé.
Wine
Domaine de la Croix Blanche organically cultivates 22 hectares of vineyards and produces wines from the AOP Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint Andéol and IGP Ardèche appellations.
Domaine de la Croix Blanche offers cellar tours followed by guided tastings of its organic Coteaux de l’Ardèche, Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint Andéol wines, accompanied by a platter of local cured meats and cheese specialities.
Domaine Nicolas Croze is a family-run winery that has existed for four generations in the centre of Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche and produces Côtes du Rhône. In its cellar in the village centre, it offers tastings of its Côtes-du-Rhône wines.
VELŒnologie is a guided e-bike tour with a wine tasting at Domaine de la Croix Blanche in the presence of the winegrowers.
Culture and trails
The Château du Bosquet was built at the beginning of the 16th century and was once the summer residence of the bishops of Viviers.
An orienteering course can be tried with children in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche.
More local pages: Labatie D'andaure, Les Assions, Accons, Charnas, Malbosc, Peyraud, Tauriers, Usclades-et-Rieutord
