The Good Life France Magazine Autumn 2016 | Page 38

Tufière de Rolampont

For something completely different and really quite sensational, Tufiere de Rolampont will fit the bill. The area is a living, thriving ecosystem which is thousands of years old, a series of terraces and pools that owes its existence to the presence of bubbling water and limestone formation. On a hot day it feels a bit like trekking through a jungle but the sight of that blue water and extraordinary rock formation is unlike anything I’ve ever seen and really quite other-wordly, ethereally beautiful.

Chateauvillain - a historic town with a sense of humour

History buffs will love the little town of Chateauvillain with its chateau ruins, incredibly well-preserved medieval wash house and beautiful winding streets of old houses and buildings. One of the friendliest towns I’ve ever been to – everyone says hello here!