The "practical" Cevennes
Market days, today’s weather, garages, doctors, tourist offices and all the addresses, telephones and essential info (or not) for your stay can be found over here! 🙂
Opening times: when can you visit Domaine Isis?
Preparing your arrival: arrival times for campsites and rentals
Reception opening times: for your arrival or departure
WIFI and internet on the Domaine
Contacts: with our address, email and telephone numbers throughout the season…
Rates and what they include
Access to he Domaine: how to come from the four corners of the world on horseback, in an airship, etc
The campsite is open from April to October! Close to the Domaine Isis en Cevennes are the small towns of Ganges (in the Herault, 7km) and Le Vigan (in the Gard, 12km). Two lively little towns where you’ll find all sorts of practical services for your stay in the Cevennes: supermarkets, shops, post office, clinic, library, cinema, garages, etc
Near the campsite, we can provide you with information on :
Opening times
The Domaine Isis in the Cevennes welcomes you from the Easter holidays (no later than 1 April) to the All Saints’ Day holidays (no later than 7 November)
Preparing your arrival
- On the campsite, arrivals are after 12 noon and departures before 12 noon. At least during peak periods, i.e. July and August
- For rentals, arrivals are after 4pm and departures before 4pm. At least during peak periods
Remember to bring your own linen (if not, you can hire it on site)
Reception opening times
They vary according to the season:
- Weekdays: 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm
- In July and August: 9am to 7pm
Outside these times, we are at your disposal by telephone +33(0) 467 738 028 or via our e-mail address
WIFI and internet
We offer you a connection around the campsite reception, in the bar and restaurant (with no obligation to consume!) 🙂
Due to the poor quality of the telecommunications network, we are unable to offer this throughout the campsite. This has the advantage of not broadcasting excessive waves, thus protecting your peaceful nights in the open air! (Mobile phones do get through, though…)
Markets
- Ganges: Friday mornings and Tuesday mornings for food products
- Le Vigan: Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings in summer for craft products
- St-Hippolyte-du-Fort and St-Jean-du-Gard: Tuesday mornings
- Aigues-Mortes, Sumène and Valleraugue: Wednesday mornings
- Anduze and Sauve: Thursday mornings
Flea markets
In Ganges, Sunday mornings!
Beautician
Health
Polyclinique St Louis in Ganges with emergency services
– 24-hour emergency services: +33 (0)467 816 877
– radiology/medical imaging
– physiotherapy
– surgery
– Medicine (general, cardiology, etc.)
– gynaecological maternity
Nurses
Group: +33 (0)467 738 211
Doctors
Hélène Renaud : +33 (0)467 738 552
Gynaecologists and midwives
– Gérard Maïstre: +33 (0)467 736 580
– Valérie Faure: +33 (0)467 824 126
Dentists
– Dental clinic: +33 (0)467 738 178
– Lapeyre au Vigan: +33 (0)467 810 044
Cults
You’ll come across temples and churches in all the small villages in the area, and even a Buddhist temple on the Escandorgue plateau near Lodève. This “Lerab Ling” sanctuary has become an important centre for the transmission of Buddhist teachings in Europe, and you can visit the temple 🙂
Garages
- Peugeot: +33 (0)467 738 165
- Citroën: +33 (0)467 738 130 or +33 (0)467 810 311
- Ford- Salze au Vigan: +33 (0)467 810 183
- Renault: +33 (0)467 738 215 or +33 (0)467 819 300
- Dorel in Pont d’Herault: +33 (0)467 825 896
Vets
- Ganges: +33 (0)467 738 690
- Le Vigan: +33 (0)467 811 901
Cinemas
- Ganges: +33 (0)434 508 998
- Le Vigan: +33 (0)467 810 356
Some ideas for reading
On the Cevennes and the Causses
- Les Plus Belles Fleurs Sauvages des Causses & Cévennes – Omer Faidherbe – Paillerols, 2011
- Voyage avec un âne dans les Cévennes, Robert-Louis Stevenson – Flammarion, 1991
- Le livre des Cévennes, André Chamson – Omnibus, 2005
- Suite cévenole, André Chamson – Bartillat, 1992
- La montagne et le verbe, Laurent Puech – Mirandole 2002
- Le Pays des Asphodèles, Adrienne Durand-Tullou – Payot, 1996
- Cévenol, Yves Jaffrennou et Robert Montet – Cheminements, 2005
- Itinéraires protestants en Languedoc, Patrick Cabanel – Les Presses du Languedoc, 2000
- Le savoir en herbe, Alain Renaux – Les Presses du Languedoc, 2002
- Les Châteaux du Gard – Marthe Moreau – Les Presses du Languedoc, 1999
Miscellaneous
There are lots of them, but we haven’t listed them yet!
Groups of Tourism professionals
Cévennes côté soleil
An association of professionals working for the harmonious development of tourism in our sector
Cévennes-Tourisme
Our online “shop window”. You can book your accommodation (at the Isis campsite in the Cévennes, of course 🙂 ) as well as activities or find ideas for your holidays, your escapades, your weekends, …
Cévennes-Eco-Tourisme
The association of tourism service providers in the Cevennes National Park who have signed up to the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (of which we are a member). The aim of the association is to promote sustainable tourism that makes a coherent contribution to the management of the area and to local economic and social development, in particular by promoting local know-how and products.”
Tourism institutions
- Tourist Office of Ganges, Sumène and St Bauzille de Putois:+33(0) 467 730 056
- Tourist Office of Le Vigan:+33(0) 467 810 172
- Departmental Tourism Committee of Gard: +33(0) 466 36 96 30
- Departmental Tourism Committee of Herault:+33(0) 825 34 00 34
Weather
Good weather (of course!) 🙂
We are fortunate to have a Mediterranean climate with more than 350 days of sunshine a year. From time to time, a general watering to green the lawns, clean the rivers, water the tomatoes and … please the frogs! A few grey days to visit the Cave of the Demoiselles and the Cévenol museum, a few cool days to walk on the Causses and see the Navacelles Circus and then, some «Cevenols storms». To know them, they are spectacular!