La Nouzarède

To cool off, you can take your pick between lounging beside the pool or plunging into the nearby Baume river. With its gentle current, it’s the perfect place for a spot of wild swimming. There’s a fabulous waterpark, where you’ll find a paddling pool for little ones, plus jacuzzis and sunbeds for the grownups. There’s also a busy calendar of year-long aquatic events. Anyone for water polo?

Around the terrace of your parc’s friendly bar, you’ll find a grocery shop, restaurant, bar and a boules track. You can eat and drink all day. From breakfast (think freshly baked baguettes and pastries every morning), to dinner, lunch and snack time, you can enjoy a burger, pizza, crêpes, waffles, Italian ice cream. In July and August, the square comes alive several evenings a week with paella, rougail, mussels and chips evenings and other events such as karaoke, dance parties and entertainment.

We’ve gathered together everything you need to know about your parc in one handy place. From what to know before you arrive, to those all -important guidelines to make your stay on parc as smooth as possible. Take a minute to get up to speed on your new summer home.

Volleyball, aqua aerobics, a spot of fishing or a jog around the parc. What'll it be today?

The lush Ardèche region is in the southeast of France, an area famed for its rolling hills, forests, gorges and centuries-old villages. It’s also home to one of the most celebrated natural wonders in the whole of France – the Gorges de l’Ardèche.

Joyeuse is the closest village. You’ll find it perched on a hill overlooking the Baume river, within the Natural Regional Park of the Monts d'Ardeche. Legend has it, the land was given to a local knight by King Charlemagne in the ninth century as a reward for finding his sword!