Saint-Étienne-De-Lugdarès: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Église Saint-Étienne is known as the “Cathedral of the Mountain” and preserves Gothic elements.

Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès is located in the valley of the Masméjean, a high-altitude river with fast-flowing, oxygen-rich water. The river has carved its bed through rock fractured by a local geological fault of volcanic origin. The village is also situated on the Route du Tanargue.

Those choosing Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès as a travel destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

The Église Saint-Étienne is open every day all year round. It also preserves a Baroque high altar from the former Chambons Abbey.

In the village of Les Hubacs in the parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Jeanne Boulet, a fourteen-year-old girl, was killed on 30 June 1764 as the first official victim of the Bête du Gévaudan.

The surrounding area of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès is home to the ruins of the Château de Luc, the Monument aux morts de Luc, the Notre-Dame des Neiges monastery, and the ruins of the Choisinets orphanage.

Nature

The La Ligne de Partage des Eaux hiking route is lined with contemporary works of art and follows the invisible boundary between the watersheds of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

The Moulin de Masméjean is a restored watermill where renewable energies are presented and illustrated through demonstrations, objects, and mechanisms.

A signposted circular route measuring 13 km in length with 450 metres of elevation gain leads from the mill to the foot of the wind farm and through the surrounding moorland. The Sommet des Trois Seigneurs can be reached on foot by hikers.

The surrounding area of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès is also home to the mountains of Serre de la Pialade, Serre de la Salesse, Suc du Chapelas, and Serre du Brugeas.

Further Destinations

Le Crestet, St. Julien Du Serre, Gluiras, Saint-Alban-En-Montagne, Coux, Saint-Romain-De-Lerps, Issanlas, Valvignères

To the overarching travel overview: Ardèche.