On the banks of the River Rhône, where Provence and the Vercors meet, between Ardèche and the Drôme, Valence functions as an intermediary between the North and Southeast of France. The town is two thousand years old, with an interesting heritage: the “Maison des Têtes”(House of the Heads), the Dupré-Latour mansion, Saint-John’s church, a pleasure boat harbour and, above all Crussol castle offering a magnificent circular panorama.