A timeless stroll…in a garden like no other!
Visit the church and the garden "remarkable" composed of more than 300varieties of roses, a dry garden and a vegetable garden in permaculture. Guided tours of the garden / history and Gregorian chant
Description
At 600m above sea level, in the center of a vast natural cup called from the highest antiquity "Valley of Absinthe" dominates a sacred land from Prehistory to the present day. On this sandstone promontory runs the Cistercian Abbey of Valsaintes in which monks lived from the twelfth century until the French Revolution. All around a unique garden flourishes with the label "Jardin Remarquable" awarded by the French Ministry of Culture.
At the rhythm of the terraces, you can stroll among rich floral spaces of 550 varieties of roses associated with a spontaneous or introduced flora. You will walk on "The Way of the Roses" chronological journey of the history of the rose. You will meet a dry garden with 350 species and varieties of plants adapted to drought and cold and a vegetable garden in permaculture. The abbey church of the seventeenth, fully restored, can be visited at the turn of the garden.
We offer several formulas to discover the garden (program on our website):
Historical and garden guided tours
Theme day: dry garden, permaculture etc.
Internships: gardening
Gregorian chant
Spoken languages
- English
- French
Opening
From 01/04 to 30/04/2024, every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 1 pm and 6 pm.
Extra date 01/04.
From 01/05 to 17/05/2024 between 11.30 am and 7 pm.
Closed on Monday.
From 18/05 to 02/06/2024, daily between 10 am and 7 pm.
From 03/06 to 30/09/2024 between 11.30 am and 7 pm.
Closed on Monday.
From 01/10 to 31/10/2024 between 1 pm and 6 pm.
Closed Monday and Tuesday.
From 01/11 to 10/11/2024, every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 1 pm and 6 pm.
Rate
Reduced price: 4 €, Adult: 8 €, Child : 4 €.
From 18/05 to 02/06/2024
Adult: 10 €, Child : 5 €.
From 03/06 to 15/11/2024
Reduced price: 4 €, Adult: 8 €, Child : 4 €.
Free entry for children < 12 years.
Child entry valid for 12 - 18 years.
Payment options:
- Check
- Cash
- Bank/credit card
- Travellers Cheque
Amenities and Services
- Pets welcome
Accessibility
- Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
- Reserved space 330 cm wide < 100 m from the site
- Absence of protrusions > 2 cm
- Doors >=77 cm wide
- WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
- Incline >5% but reasonable