Discover Allan: wine, history and trails

Discover Allan through its varied highlights: wine experiences, history and trails through the countryside. Choose which ones shape your trip based on the places and activities that make Allan what it is.

Wine experiences around Château Bizard

At Château Bizard, the wine experience begins among the vines and continues in the cellar with a tasting straight from the barrel. The experience therefore takes you from the vineyard to the wine in the barrel. Sensory workshops offer a different approach: through scent games and tasting discoveries, they introduce you to wine tasting. They also invite you to consciously notice aromas and flavours.

Les Scintillantes brings wine and music together at an annual event held at Château Bizard in Allan, in the Drôme Provençale. The programme includes a wine tasting in the château grounds. This sets the event apart from a cellar tasting: here, wine meets music, with the park serving as the tasting venue. If you would like to plan your trip around it, check the specific event dates.

The old village and its medieval history

The Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Allan’s old village was built between 1601 and 1620. The Notre-Dame d’Allan chapel offers a different perspective on the area’s cultural heritage; it has been classified as a historic monument since 27 July 1924.

In Vieil Allan, an orienteering area leads through the medieval ruins. It offers an easy, family-friendly course and a moderately difficult historical course. QR codes share the history of the site along the historical route. The two options therefore differ both in difficulty and focus: one course is easy and family-friendly, while the other combines a moderately difficult route with an introduction to local history. The orienteering area is open daily year-round and free to access.

Trails and countryside around Allan

Les Allantours is a family-friendly trail at the foot of the old village. Small paths wind through the surrounding area between vineyards and fields. For trail running routes, other descriptions may appeal: the Tour des plateaux de la forêt d’Allan starts at the old village and leads through the Forest of Allan and across its plateaus. Forêt d’Allan et Croix de Siméon starts at the medieval site, follows forest paths and ends at the Croix de Siméon.

The Tour des plateaux takes in forest and plateaus along its route, while the Croix de Siméon is explicitly the destination of Forêt d’Allan et Croix de Siméon. Hiking trails from the medieval village also pass through landscapes of olive trees, truffle oaks and lavender. These features give the hiking trails a different character from the trail running routes described as passing through forest and across plateaus.

For a mountain biking route, Les Hauts d’Allan is another option: this red-rated route is 30 km long and runs through the Forest of Allan. Les Hauts d’Allan features numerous viewpoints with 180-degree views. Its length, difficulty rating and viewpoints are useful details when comparing this route with the shorter descriptions of trails around the old village.

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Discover more destinations: Saillans, La Laupie, Cornillac, Recoubeau-Jansac, Les Tourrettes, Saint-Rambert-D'albon, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Lachau

For the main travel overview: Drôme.