Vallée de la Drôme agenda
Markets
- Weekly markets:
- Saillans: Sunday morning (food + crafts)
- Crest: Saturday morning (food + crafts)
- Bourdeaux: Thursday morning
- Night markets (summer):
- Saillans: Wednesday from 5 pm
- Crest: one in July and one in August, from 7 pm
- Aouste-sur-Sye: flea market every Wednesday late afternoon
Restaurants recommended by the house
- La Chaudière: Le Garde-Manger: 04 75 22 18 91 (very good – booking essential!)
- Saillans:
- Le Coucouri: 04 75 21 59 60
- Les Mets Tissés: 06 41 45 64 58
- The crêperie “Le Tunnel”: 04 75 21 53 87
- Le Snack du Pont: 04 75 21 80 68
- Mirabel-et-Blacons: L’Ami Rabel: 04 75 40 07 49
- Crest:
- Le Globe (lunchtime): 04 75 25 08 30
- La Part du Colibri: 04 75 43 00 67
- Saoû:
- Cerise et Vinaigrette: 04 75 43 17 34
- L’Oiseau sur sa branche: 04 75 76 02 03
- Pont-de-Barret:
- La Fontaine Minérale: 04 75 90 15 70 (lovely setting)
- L’Auberge des Trois Becs: 04 75 54 75 78 (very good food and a beautiful setting)
Health
- Emergency services:
- Fire brigade: 18 or 112
- Gendarmerie in Crest: 04 75 25 00 59
- SAMU (ambulance): 15
- Crest hospital emergency department: 04 75 25 37 18
- Doctors:
- Saillans: Dr Laurent Jouine – 91 Grande Rue – 04 75 21 50 52
- Aouste-sur-Sye: Dr Véronique Grison – Maison médicale – 04 75 25 88 75
- Dentist:
- Crest: Dr Gilles Bourlet – 60 avenue Grand – 04 75 25 00 99
- Pharmacies:
- Saillans: 04 75 21 52 02
- Aouste-sur-Sye: 04 75 40 62 64
- Vets:
- Aouste-sur-Sye: Philippe Jacquot – 8 place de la Poste – 04 75 76 76 33
- Crest: La Condamine veterinary clinic – rue Ponte San Nicolo – 04 75 25 30 80
Shops
- La Chaudière:
- Arche des 3 Becs: small organic grocery (especially almond products)
- Saillans:
- Boulangerie Ripopée (bakery): 04 75 21 89 33
- Petit Casino: 04 75 21 51 26
- Pascal: 04 75 21 80 79
- La Petite Graine (organic): 04 75 21 75 93
- Newsagent and tobacconist: 04 75 21 56 07
- Bookshop + local products: 09 51 01 32 54
- Mirabel-et-Blacons:
- Le Relais des Mousquetaires: 04 75 78 08 44
- Boulangerie Borie (bakery): 04 75 40 06 21
- Le Tiroir au chocolat: 04 75 58 07 54
- Aouste-sur-Sye:
- Intermarché: 04 75 40 62 45
- Bricomarché: 04 75 25 29 82
- FNAC: 04 75 25 95 16
- Dry cleaner: 04 75 76 78 79
- Tobacconist and newsagent: 04 75 25 04 37
- Crest:
- La Charrette (local products): 04 27 68 92 21
- Aldi: 04 75 60 39 47
- Girouette (crafts): 04 75 25 54 65
- La Balançoire (bookshop): 04 75 61 74 47
Services
- Cash machines:
- Saillans (in front of the newsagent)
- Aouste-sur-Sye (Intermarché)
- Bourdeaux (Crédit Agricole)
- Petrol stations:
- Saillans
- Aouste-sur-Sye (Intermarché shopping area)
- Bourdeaux
- Vercheny
Swimming spots
- Saillans side: the Drôme, the Gervanne, the Roanne, the public pool in Crest
- Bourdeaux side: the Roubion, the public pool in Bourdeaux, the pool at the Bois du Châtelas campsite
Friendly gîtes
- In Chastel-Arnaud, hamlet of Les Auberts: Gîte L’Ensoleillée, run by Christine Weisgerber (06 37 83 70 06 – Gîtes de France label)
- In La Chaudière:
- In Francillon-sur-Roubion, place called Lagier: gîte, caravan (roulotte) and bed and breakfast Le Panicaut, run by Marie-Claire and Eric Bouttier (06 99 36 23 59)
