Grotte de Mézelet

Grotte de Mézelet is a cave in Ardèche and Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Grotte de Mézelet is situated nearby to the cave Grotte de la Chaire, as well as near Ranch des Gorges.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chauvet Cave and Grotte des Huguenots.

Chauvet Cave

Cave

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The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. Chauvet Cave is situated 1 km east of Grotte de Mézelet.

Grotte des Huguenots

Cave

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Grotte des Huguenots is a cave, which is situated 630 metres southeast of Grotte de Mézelet.

Grotte de Cayre Creyt

Cave

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Grotte de Cayre Creyt is a cave, which is situated 760 metres southeast of Grotte de Mézelet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pont d’Arc and Vallon-Pont-d’Arc.

Pont d’Arc

Locality

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The Pont d'Arc is a large natural bridge, located in the Ardèche département in the south of France, 5 km from the town of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. This site is a popular destination in the Gorges de l'Ardèche Natural Reserve, and has been classified as a protected natural site since January 24th 1931.

Vallon-Pont-d’Arc

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Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a town and commune in the Ardèche département, in the south of France. Nearby cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, decorated by well preserved prehistoric drawings of human figures and animals was inscribed to the World Heritage list in 2014.