Bouvante: Holiday apartments and holiday homes
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Hiking and cycling
“Le tour de Bouvante” is a difficult 23.5-kilometre circular hike lasting around seven hours.
“Le tour de Bouvante” starts at the car park in Bouvante-le-Bas, follows the GR 9 towards Bouvante-le-Haut and leads down to Lac de Bouvante.
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Nature
The “Tour de la forêt de Lente” cycle route is a very difficult 40.9-kilometre circular route lasting around four hours.
The “Tour de la forêt de Lente” leads to the edge of the Font d'Urle–Ambel area, classified as an “Espace Naturel Sensible”.
The Val Sainte-Marie Integral Biological Reserve is located in the Lente state forest.
The Val Sainte-Marie Integral Biological Reserve is located in Bouvante, covers 160 hectares and belongs to IUCN protected area category 1a.
The karst nature trail is intended to help visitors understand the plateau’s relief and stories.
The “The Plemiat tour” route is an 8.18-kilometre circular hike of moderate difficulty lasting around three hours.
The “The Plemiat tour” route starts at the car park in Bouvante-le-Bas and initially follows the GR 9 towards Les Sables.
The “The Plemiat tour” hike passes through the wild Lyonne gorges and reaches the riverbank below limestone cliffs and mountain forests.
“Randonnée aquatique nature” is an aquatic hike through a gorge focusing on biodiversity, with jumps, natural slides, cavities and a short abseiling section.
History and culture
The Correrie, the lower house of the Carthusians of Val Sainte-Marie, comprises a Romanesque church building with three south-facing windows and barrel vaults.
The Val Sainte-Marie monastery was founded in 1144.
The Romanesque sheepfold of the Correrie preserves five rooms and walls two metres thick.
The Val Sainte-Marie monastery was arranged around two cloisters; the small cloister contained communal rooms, while a covered gallery surrounded the large cloister.
The 12th-century Romanesque chapel of the Correrie later became a site for ironworking, where a spring-powered saw set the mill in motion.
The former Val Sainte-Marie monastery now lies in ruins and cannot be visited.
The remains of the Château des Flandaines are located near the “The Plemiat tour” route. The château belonged to the defence system of the princes of Royans before it was demolished at the end of the 16th century.
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