사이란 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Even before we cycle out of Saillans, we're stopped by art. Along the roadside stands a group of grape pickers, immortalized in a rusty corten steel procession. This sculpture is the work of Pierre Louis Chipon, a French artist who gives agricultural machinery a second life as poetry in metal. His works adorn the Route de la Clairette, a wine route that winds through the Drôme, embodying the region's age-old traditions in steel. Clairette is the name of a grape that already populated the hills here in Roman times and is still the star of the sparkling Clairette de Dié. This wine, once "invented" by monks, was considered for centuries one of France's oldest sparkling wines.

From campsite to campsite

Small and beautifully restored chapel

pedestrian pass with a beautiful view

Beautiful accommodation above Saillans. We stayed there on our long-distance hike from Tarifa (Spain) to Switzerland and can highly recommend the accommodation.

Pretty town at the foot of the Trois Becs

At the exit of Saillan there are two nice works of art with reference to the wine-growing tradition.

Signpost at Col de Pourcheton