|  In and around Montelimar |  | Montélimar,
famous for the nougats
You will enjoy the small streets with their shops monterue.jpg
- The château des Adhémar, fortress from the 12th century
Miniature museum ....
Nearby, a lot of medieval villages,
La Bégude de Mazenc, le Poët Laval
Dieulefit, Pottery making and glass making center
Taulignan with its truffles
vivier, old episcopal city
- Grignan, one of the most beautiful site of the area, on a peak surrounded by lavenders fields
- The château, its furnitures from the 17th century and its tapestries of Aubusson
- Nyons
- The Thursday morning market shows olive products the main produce of the area
- The Olive Tree Museum
- Suze la Rousse, and its château from the 14th centuiry which houses the Wine University
- Hauterives, and the Palace of the facteur Cheval, an amazing building
Events
- Bourdeaux, historical show on the 15th of August
- Dieulefit,"fête du picodon" in August
- Lesches en Diois, "fête de la lavande" the 15 August
- Nyons, "Olivades internationales" in July
Gastronomy
Olive of Nyons and olive oil, walnut oil , lime blossom
Andouillette (chitterling sausage), gratons Jésus, rosette (dried sausage), saucisson de Lyon, pâté de gibier, jambon cru du Vercors (ham), jambon séché (dried ham) et fumé de Haute-Savoie
Anguille (eel), brochet (pike), écrevisses (crayfish), friture du Rhône (fried fish)
Poulet de Bresse (chicken), chapons (poultry), gibier des Dombes(game), agneau de Trièves (lamb)
Cervelle de Canut, Mont d'Or, rigotte de Condrieu, Bleu de Bresse, Morbier, tomme, picodon, brique du Forez, fourme , emmenthal, roblochon,
Bâton de guignol, cocons de Lyon, marron glacé (sugared chestnuts), nougat de Montélimar, délice à la chartreuse, papillotes,
Pain d'épice (gingerbread)
Beaujolais, the best one are Morgon, Chirouble, Brouilly, Julienas..., the côtes du Rhône, marc du Beaujolais (brandy), marc du Bugey (brandy), eau de vie de poire, vin de noix (walnut wine), Chartreuse verte ou jaune, les côtes Roannaise (wine), the wines of Savoie
Local dishes
- Soupe à l'oignon (onion supper)
- Gratinée lyonnaise
- Gras double à la lyonnaise
- Daube lyonnaise au beaujolais
- Poularde demi deuil
- Quenelles de brochet (pike)
- Grenouilles à la crème (frog)
- Friture de goujon (fried fish)
- Brochet au vin blanc (pike)
- Fondue savoyarde
- Ravioles du Dauphiné
- Gratin dauphinois
- Tartiflette à base de roblochon
- Gâteau de Savoie (cake)
- Bugnes lyonnaises
- Matefains sucrés (waffles)
- Galette de Pérouges
- Pognes de Romans
- Gâteau aux noix de Grenoble
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