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Hidden places in France

1 uncrowded place in France, away from Paris: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Château de Crussol, Castle in Saint-Péray, Ardèche, France
Forgotten ruins France · Ardèche

Château de Crussol

A 12th-century castle ruin on a limestone spur 200 m above the Rhône, opposite Valence, with a walled ghost village inside its outer wall and a view down the valley to the Alps.

Coordinates
44°55′58″N 4°51′05″E
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
River valley
Best season
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