The village of Ancône invites for walks in picturesque streets and the banks of the Rhone. Nearby, in a green, camping and leisure offer tranquility and allow the practice of various sports and water games. A village turned to the Rhone...
Located 3 km northwest of Montelimar, Ancône is a former village boatmen who kept the imprint of its rich past Rhone where "fusion" with the Rhone he was busy port which supplied the nearby town. Its history populated visitors and famous inhabitants, Ancône has retained its old port, described by Frederic Mistral in his "Rhone poem" but also its docks and seawall, facing his lône former arm of the river offline XIXth century. This dike was prolonged once, beyond the current channel and protected the village from the fury of the Rhone that filled regularly. mooring rings, flood marks, grooved stone blocks fitted with cofferdams during floods and towpath turned into road still exist in this era. More danger now, the Rhone diverted and channeled moved away from the village and its devastating mood swings are forgotten.
The village offers quiet places for leisure on the water, suitable for fishing with lône, against the channel and the Lake trout fitted soon. It offers heritage walking routes in the islands north of the village and up the educational base, sport and leisure Montelimar-agglomeration.
His church recently renovated boatmen recalling the memory of Brother Christopher monk disappeared in 1996 in Tibhirine in Algeria.
Visitors can also enjoy its river stop to the airport and access to the European fighter aviation museum adjoining the town, camping in the White Island 2 km north, and the shops that provides the village: bakery-grocery-tearoom, restaurant-pizzeria, hairdresser...
The world of crafts, the company is well represented. The active and thriving social life, hosting a population close to 1 300 inhabitants.
Past the bridge D11 above the Rhone floodway, you are still in the territory of Ancône. Here the "Himalayan bridge" spanning the Old Rhone and links the town to the Rochemaure. Ancône is direct access to this remarkable and essential work of art of ViaRhôna which borrows on its journey along the Rhone from Geneva to the Mediterranean. It is the seat of soft tourism. A royal road for cycling fans, walking, running, roller skating or skateboarding.
Ancône, it is the countryside at the edge of the water, five minutes from the center of Montelimar, the advantages of city life without having nuisances.