Vue aérienne du Mas Saint Antoine, gîte de charme ardéchois pour les séjours en groupe, entouré d'arbres, d'une piscine à gauche, de champs de lavande à droite, et de collines ondulantes en arrière-plan sous un ciel bleu clair.

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Ardèche Chestnut Groves in Autumn: Guide to a Magical Season

There is a season in Ardèche with a particular flavor: autumn. It’s when the chestnut groves of the Monts d’Ardèche turn gold and copper, when the air smells of smoke and roasted chestnut, when villages come alive to celebrate the harvest. For centuries, the chestnut was the ‘bread tree’ of the Ardèche people — their […]

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Published on :9 September 2026  -  Filed under: Discover Ardèche

Chestnut cream: the great sweet specialty of the Ardèche

Some tastes take you back to childhood in a single spoonful. Chestnut cream is one of them: sweet, smooth, scented with chestnut and vanilla. And it is an Ardèche pride — because this treat was born here, in the Ardèche, in Privas, at the end of the 19th century. Together with caillette, picodon and crique, […]

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Published on :9 June 2026  -  Filed under: Gastronomy