I always wanted to visit Ardèche, this poor and mostly rural French department that is peppered with incredibly beautiful stone villages all cradled into a superb landscape that make the place unique because it's so undeveloped.
Just like in Corsica, this place is not popular among real-estate developers and has escaped the over-commercialization that can be found all over the places and all over the world. Unlike Corsica, where dynamite kept the developers at bay, sheer poverty kept them clear of Ardèche.
Whereas three quarter of the French population is now urban, that small department of 325,000 people has still half of its population spread in its rural countryside.
It's authentic, simple, beautiful. Come and visit before it gets spoiled.
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