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  •      First of all, the village itself must be visited with its gothic bridge, houses from the Middle Ages, abbot du Chayla's house, the view from Ron du Castel...( see History ).

 

  •  The multi-purpose communal hall where many cultural and sporting activities are organised by different local associations : theatre, balls, cinema, bingo, dancing lessons, taichi, music lessons...Climbing practice wall, table-tennis.

 

  • Musicadances: termly newsletter with musical and cultural information (contact: Ingrid 04 66 45 16 20 )
  • L'Elan des Cévennes: Cévenol magazine ( 04 66 30 01 73) 
  • Mount Lozere Ecomuseum at Pont de Montvert  ( 04 66 45 80 73 )

- permanent and temporary expositions relating the natural and social history of Mount Lozère.

11 th Nature festival:

this year's annual theme is : " Cévennes on the move "

Around 400 FREE events organized between April and October on the territory  of the Cévennes National Park.

-individual welcome and advice with regard to visiting the Museum.

-discovery paths ( Camargue farmhouse, La Barque farmhouse, menhir paths ), guide available for groups on request.

-sites or curiosities to discover:  Troubat farm, Bellecoste hamlet and bread oven, Hopital hamlet and mill, snowstorm bell-towers  ( Auriac , La Fage , Oultet , les Sagnes , Serviès ) , Bondons camwood megaliths.

-discovery of the flora and fauna of the Cevennes National Park.

             - Theatre , dancing,  concerts , story-telling, cinema ( Cineco )

             - School of music ( Edml ) , school of dance ( Ballet Bross ), courses and workshops.

  •   Scènes croisées ( 04 66 65 75 75 ) : state financed shows which travel around the country.    

                - programming of artistic and cultural projects in Lozère.

  •  Mende municipal theatre. ( 04 66 49 18 47 )
  •  Amateur theatre in Mende ( 04 66 49 29 97 )
  •  TMT de Marvejols ( 04 66 32 40 82 ) theatre.
  •  Fishing and water festival , on May 2002 at Pont de Montvert.
  •  Pont de Montvert feast day ( end of juillet )
  •  Grizac castle:exhibition at the castle where Pope Urbain V was born ( 1310-1370 ) . 
  • Runes waterfall , the menhirs of Bondons camwood.
  • Tarn gorges  ( bateliers de la Malène , sons et lumières , belvédère des vautours ) .
  • Caves at Aven Armand and Dargilan .
  • Fauna : the Gévaudan wolves, the bison park at Ste Eulalie , the Prezalski horse.
  • Le Vallon du Villaret  : theme park-games  and discovery trails for children and adults ( contemporary park on nature and history ( 04 66 47 63 76 ) .
  • la Garde Guérin, fortified medieval village .
  • Utopix
  • Casino at Bagnols les Bains ( 04 66 47 67 40 ) : fruit machines,  video pokers, bandits manchots,  black jack, English roulette , bouls, restaurant, dancing...
  • La caverne , discothèque at Ste Enimie ( 04 66 48 53 90 ).
 
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Adresse :      Brunel Jean-Marc -Gîtes du Chastel - Le Pont de Montvert -France  48220 - Tel (33) 04 66 45 84 93 and  06 80 21 14 10    e-mail:brunel.jm@free.fr                                              - site internet :  http://www.cevennes-gites.com