Exploring the Gorges de l'Ardèche Most visitors will approach the Ardeche gorge from the Rhone valley. If approaching from the north, leave the A7 motorway at Exit 18, Montelimar south, and follow the N7 south as far as Pierrelatte. At Pierrelatte, turn west for Bourg Saint Andéol, the...
They are 350 Million years old and date back to the Paleozoic Era, to the Late Devonian period. At this time Laurentia (the ancient rock core of what is now North America) was located close to the Equator and had merged with Baltica to form a large continent known as Laurussia or Eura...