Vienne, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Heading south from Lyon on the A7, a twenty-kilometre stretch of oil refineries, steel, chemical and paper works, cement, fertilizer and textile factories, all spewing plumes of grey and orange pollution into the air, may well tempt you to make a bee-line for the lavender fields of Provence. However, a short detour off the autoroute brings you to VIENNE , which, along with St-Romain-en-Gal , across the river, makes for the most interesting stop on the Rhône before Orange. With their riverside positions, Vienne and St-Romain prospered as Rome's major wine port and entrepôt on the Rhône, and … more »