Évol
Evol
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Perched at 800 metres above the ribera d'Èvol, this hamlet of Olette is built of schist, its houses roofed with stone slabs. Guillem de So raised a castle here in 1260; one tower still stands among the ruined walls, and Évol became a viscounty in 1337. The novelist Ludovic Massé was born here, and a small literary room and a folk museum keep the village's memory.
Highlights
- Saint-André church, 11th century, with many listed furnishings
- The 13th-century castle ruins and their surviving tower
- The chapel of Saint-Étienne at the foot of the castle
- The museum of popular arts and traditions
- The Ludovic Massé literary room, honouring the novelist born here
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Évol). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Occitania
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
- Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
- Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
- BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine occitane). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
No places to stay are mapped within 3 km.
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Source chaude · ~8 min by car
- Hot spring: Bassins de Thuès 42° · ~9 min by car
- Hot spring: Source Saint-Louis · ~9 min by car
- Hot spring: Source d'Eau Chaude de Saint-Thomas-les-Bains · ~20 min by car
- Hot spring: Bains chauds de Matemale · ~36 min by car
- Thermal spa: Angléo · ~39 min by car
- Hot spring: Source d'eau chaude de Llo · ~40 min by car
- Thermal spa: Bains de Llo · ~40 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- Villefranche-de-Conflent · 9.5 km
- Eus · 19 km
- Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste · 26 km
- Beget · 33 km
- Castelnou · 37 km