In Valence (Drôme)
To discover
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In Valencia, animated cinema is abundant.
The One Day Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
From March 18 to 23, around a hundred films are presented in nine municipalities, eighteen locations, nine of which are in Valence precisely.
Among the highlights: the opening and closing screenings at the Comédie, a film concert at the Théâtre de la Ville and a lively film dialogue at the Cartoucherie.
Florence Miaih le, director and specialist in animated painting, is the guest of honor of this edition marked by an exhibition, demonstrations and a master class to discover her “animated backstage”.
In short, animated cinema is a center of excellence in the city.
Some nine studios, producers of short and feature films, as well as television programs, are involved in the event.
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The TeamTo, Les Astronautes, Andarta and Parmi les lucioles studios are opening their doors for the occasion (March 23), like Folimage, the founding studio and driving force of the sector.
We observe the production, while professionals come to make a film in less than a week.
Équipée film concert during the One Day Festival.
The Team
We can follow creation;
it's fascinating.
In keeping with the times, virtual reality is also making its mark;
like the workshops of this free festival.
All you have to do is join the association (€4): a ticket also for amateur practice workshops.
And when Valencia has a festival, it is also to highlight another excellence, gastronomy, on display from September 12 to 19.
A consecration for the one who is at the epicenter of its valley.
Exploring it is a treat.
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A weekend in Valencia Le Figaro
What to visit in Valencia?
1. Surprise walk, from the Champ-de-Mars to the old center
Whether you arrive by car, by bike (ViaRhôna) or by train, head to the Champ-de-Mars.
It is on this large esplanade, so named in reference to its military past, that we can grasp the two-thousand-year-old dimension of this city founded by the Romans (121 BC) and the nuances of Valencia, 360 degrees.
Where to start exploring?
By the Peynet kiosk (1862), from where we can capture the sweetness of life and a vision of the festivities to come.
Behind us, the station;
opposite, the Rhône.
Below, the Jouvet park (700 species of trees) and its canals (40 km, including 17 km open air).
On the right, the old center, the Saint-Apollinaire cathedral and the Valence Museum, worth visiting for its originality.
This historic site is in fact the only cathedral museum in France, a former episcopal palace rich in 20,000 art treasures (Hubert Robert, Delacroix, Corot, etc.) and archeology.
The journey leads to the Labors of Hercules (mosaic plateau) opening onto a panoramic belvedere with a view of the orange roofs of the Drôme city and the Rhône.
Valencia is the leading river marina, with 480 boats.
Let's continue through the medieval streets, from Rue Saunière to Place des Clercs.
Iconic.
On Saturday, the largest market in Drôme (pioneer of organic in France) takes place, lined with terraces and colorful houses evoking the South.
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In the extension: the Grande-Rue, where Bonaparte lived, his Maison des Têtes and its starred restaurants (Flaveurs, at no. 32), bistronomic (Bistrot des Clercs at no. 48 and Tire-Bouchon at no. 37).
The star track leads to an institution, Georges, which faces the Café de la Bastille, a haunt of Valentinois of all generations.
At snack time, it's at Pascalis that you enjoy the pogne and at Nivon that you take your Swiss: orange blossom specialties, which smell of local sweetness.
Valence-Romans tourist office. Such. : 04
75
44
90
40.
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2. The House of Heads
It is an architectural curiosity, the most beautiful residence in the old center of Valencia.
A flagship of its elegance and intellectual power, with its allegories of the subjects taught at the city's university on the façade with its chiseled decoration.
Its name comes from the sculpted heads evoking fortune and time: external signs of wealth of the first owner, Antoine de Dorne, consul of Valencia in the 16th century.
As we enter the corridor and the courtyard, our eyes rise to the ornaments.
Marking the transition from the flamboyant Gothic style to that of the Renaissance, this former listed mansion (1944), today an Architecture and Heritage Interpretation Center, presents “Valencia, city of art and history” .
A past passionately told by guide Sophie Duclos.
Tlj. Free admission. 57, Grande-Rue. Such. : 04
75
79
20
86.
artethistoire.valenceromansagglo.fr
Where to sleep in Valencia?
3. Victoria Hotel
Victoria Hotel.
Serge Chapuis
A bourgeois building with its marquise: the facade is royal, like its name and like the welcome of Dominique Genthial and Anne-Lyse Hecquet.
This couple of hoteliers from Valentin have put all their heart into this 4-star hotel with 12 double rooms, renovated with the help of Luc Boulant (Romanesque architect).
The location is ideal, opposite the station.
On the decor side, the Victoria is as cozy as you want: velvet, sofas, XXL curtains, shades of mustard, khaki, dark blue, and marble.
In the living room with fireplace, you can read the
Times
or a comic book, and enjoy a divinely locavore breakfast in the Jars ceramic service.
From €150 per night. 37, rue Denis-Papin. Such. : 04
28
99
01
60.
hotel-victoria-valence.fr
4. Maison Chabran
The small family hotel of a large house: that of Michel Chabran, starred for forty-five years, and of Carole and Louis, his children, to whom he transmitted this Drôme institution on the N7, which was the bistro of his grand -mother.
We stop there for a good rest (9 rooms) and for a good meal at La Grande Table (gastronomic) and at the 45th (bistronomic).
Well-being is translated here into three values: generosity, sharing and simplicity.
We find them at the heart of a cuisine inherited from the founding chef, and brought to life today by Louis at the piano of the four other restaurants (including Bistrot des Clercs, Petit Clerc and Almacita, in Valence).
The six-course tapas menu at the 45th is surprising.
You should try the Grand Marnier soufflé under the illuminated veranda, where you can also enjoy breakfast with a view of the garden.
From €99 per night. 29, avenue du 45e-Parallèle (Pont-de-l’Isère). Such. : 04
75
84
60
09.
chabran.com
Where to sit?
5. André, the Maison Pic bistro
The Maison Pic bistro.
Serge Chapuis
We enter the Maison Pic with soft steps, walking as if in a museum to grasp its prestigious past and its brilliant present.
André founded the house in 1934, drawing on his mother's know-how;
Jacques continued the starry ascension in 1977;
Anne-Sophie is the worthy heir of the lineage (2007), starred.
It was in 2016 that France's first three-star chef opened André, family recipes brought up to date, with her audacity and sensitivity.
The “André en son temps” menu is enjoyed around Ardèche trout, a wild boar shoulder braised like a Drôme carbonade and a pavlova.
The menu reads like the history of the family, where Jacques Pic's frozen orange soufflé and André's cigar take pride of place.
Among other things, beef chuck will be on the menu from March 17.
Supreme delight: enjoy at the counter and enjoy watching chef Jean-Maxime Davoine's beautifully crafted brigade at work.
Andrew.
Card from €19.
285, avenue Victor-Hugo.
Such.
: 04 75 44 53 86. anne-sophie-pic.com
6. Grandma's
At Grandma's house.
Nicolas Dache
“In the old days,” our grandmothers loved to hang everything on the wall and cook dishes that warm our hearts.
Everything here comes together.
It is the den of bon vivants.
In this flea market bistro atmosphere with curiosities displayed by the thousands (advertising posters and magazine covers, accordion and trumpet, “biclou”, retro trinkets), to the tune of Jacques Brel, we delight in classic eggs casserole, vol-au- vent, beef cheek and ravioli gratin.
Purists prefer it in broth, seated at a Formica or wooden table.
A cinema set from yesteryear that can be found on the terrace under the plane trees of the square.
Small appetizers are accompanied by a local walnut wine, like Vacherin for dessert.
Tasty.
Open 7 days a week. Daily special €11.90, daily menu €18.90. 3-5, Place de la Pierre. Such. : 04
75
43
76
65.
chezgrandmere.com
Workshops
The school of the spectator at the Cartoucherie
Elementary in the land of animated film production: the Équipée offers creative workshops all year round in the heart of the Cartoucherie, a heritage site, a former industrial palace.
Why not create your own film?
And this with experts, the resident production studios.
Magic.
Everything comes alive, even one's own person, whatever the technique.
Motion design, paper cutouts, pixilation, puppets, virtual reality, thaumatrope... To be discovered during the two flagship events: the One Day Festival and the Two Nights Festival.
From €22 per day workshop. 33, rue de Chony (Bourg-lès-Valence). Such. : 04
75
78
48
67.
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7. The Champ-de-Mars workshop
On the other side of the Champ-de-Mars and the Valence Museum, where she takes her students, painting restorer Marie-Anne Boursier passes on her passion for drawing and conservation during internships.
Fill a hole, clean, retouch and bring back the colors.
Discovery course (from €140), introductory course (€44 per hour). 9, rue du Lycée. Such. : 06
32
19
78
10.
atelierduchampdemars.com
Excursions
Romans-sur-Isère and its arts
The “11 giant shoes route
”
in Romans-sur-Isère.
Valencia Romans Tourism
Fourteen minutes by train is enough to enter Romans, renowned for its artisanal (shoes and arts and crafts) and gourmet (cradle of raviole and pogne) heritage.
The workshops (leather goods, ceramics, fans, violin making, etc.) are located on the street.
Place Perrot-de-Verdun is intriguing with its unusual “BedinShop” (apothecary, tailor, tannery and second-hand bookseller, etc.).
The “route of the 11 giant shoes
”
leads to the Shoe Museum, in the former convent of the Visitation.
Tanners and tanners settled there in the Middle Ages.
In the 20th century, these were the Charles Jourdan, Stéphane Kélian and Clergerie houses… A guided tour of the Cité de la Chaussée workshops and its active artisans allows you to grasp the dimension of this other center of excellence.
For a lunch break: La Raviolista, La Villa Margot or La Redonière.
Chabeuil and its heritage
Head east of Valencia for a dive into a medieval past.
Upon arrival there is a monumental gate, a vestige of a feudal era;
built in molasses, Drôme stone (Châteauneuf and its troglodytes).
A shield bearing the arms of the Princes of Monaco is hammered on the tympanum of the vault.
Because Chabeuil was a Monegasque city in 1642. Another gem: the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, accessible by the Montée du Barda.
After the visit, we take a walk along the Véore (river crossing the village), or a hike in the foothills of the Vercors.
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