Every day except Monday
The markets, day by day
Eleven markets within fifty minutes. Taulignan on Friday, 13 minutes away, Grignan on Tuesday, Nyons on Thursday. With the days, the times and the designations worth knowing.
You are at Roche-Saint-Secret-Béconne, 500 metres above sea level, on the shaded slope — the ubac, which gave the farm its name, with no effect on the sunshine throughout the cottages' opening season. The Montagne de la Lance towers over the commune. The lavandin fields are on the farm's own land.
And everything else lies within a forty-five-minute drive.
- 13 minTaulignanRamparts · Friday market
- 19 minDieulefitPotters · Friday market
- 21 minGrignanChâteau · Tuesday market
- 24 minNyonsAOP olive oil · Thursday
- 43 minVaison-la-RomaineRoman site
Road distances measured from the farm, checked in August 2026. The full table (in French), as far as the Ventoux and Valence TGV.
Five ways to spend the week
These five detailed guides are only available in French for now.
1,338 metres
The Montagne de la Lance
The ridge borders the farm's own commune. Two routes, the height gain, what the waymarking is really like, and easy walks for anyone who does not want a full day of climbing.
Mid-June to mid-July
The lavender fields
They are on the farm's own land: you step outside and you are there. When the flowering comes, why it is lavandin and not fine lavender, and what time of day to photograph it.
Seven villages
Villages & châteaux
Grignan and Madame de Sévigné, the potters of Dieulefit, the olive oil of Nyons, Le Poët-Laval listed among the Plus Beaux Villages de France, Taulignan and its ramparts, the Enclave des Papes.
October to April
Autumn & winter
The largest truffle market in Europe on Saturdays, the truffle mass in January, the olive harvest, almond trees in blossom in March. And nobody about.
Sport, swimming, cycling
IGN maps are provided in both cottages, and the footpaths start at the gate.
- River swimming the Lez, down in the valley
- Climbing Rocher des Aures, for independent climbers
- Hiking GR9 along the Lance ridge
- Cycling waymarked routes in the Baronnies
- Horse riding La Bâtie-Rolland, on the D540, 1 hour to a full day
- Canoeing the Drôme, the Ardèche gorges
- Treetop adventure Marsanne
And for anyone arriving with a dog: pets are welcome, and the farm has its own animals — about thirty Rove goats, three donkeys and horses.