France Guide
The Rhône valley
Montélimar
If you didn't know it before, you'll soon pick up what makes the town of MONTÉLIMAR, 40km south of Valence, tick: nougat. Shops and signs everywhere proclaim the glory of the stuff, which has been made here for centuries. The vieille ville is made up of narrow lanes that radiate out from the main street, rue Pierre-Julien, which runs from the one remaining medieval gateway on the nineteenth-century ring of boulevards at place St-Martin, south past the church of Sainte-Croix, and on to place Marx-Dormoy.