Stevenson unfortunately did not live to see this "Treasure Island" but you can bet it would have been charmed. Á the border worlds combining poetry playful, fun to wonder, whimsical inventiveness, flexibility of mind and body, the Valley is a place where nature and culture blend perfectly into a wooded course teased by a malicious genius who never ceases to surprise us. Its founder, William Sonnet, was dreaming to have ten lives. He gathered his imagination, his sensitivity and his many passions to awaken our senses too often asleep and to share his dreams
.la Nature is bold
"- It is beautiful this park, there is no need for electricity or big rides for fun. "In the Valley of Villaret, wise encountered and we are reassured. No, all is not lost. There are still people who enjoy poetic universe and atypical play. This visitor Marseille comes every year with her children and never tires of Vallon, who, it must be said, has evolved over the years as the project is protean. Originally, that is to say, there are more than twenty years, William Sonnet is almost visionary when he decided to open a park of culture and leisure in a wild setting, a wooded agricultural wasteland where flows a river in a mountainous area on the edge of Cevennes National Park. The gamble is huge, measurement of the task facing his man, a "pure strain migrated" born in Paris as it is defined, but has had several lives when he formed his project weaver artist in the Vercors, a teacher in handicapped children to design a rehabilitation program in mathematics. Let us just over the wire ...
It was after a series of coincidence and turns of fate that William Sonnet decided to go with spearhead of contemporary creation as a management theme. Brochure on the site, it says it is unusual to see in rural areas, a place of culture focused not on the past but on contemporary creativity and which is also a popular place. In situ, this means many artists and ephemera facilities, not including regular exhibitions in the 13th round, "acquired by chance", more than two hundred artists presented to date. However, the Valley does not want only a "laboratory" of works and artistic achievements, it is also and above all a giant box idea which one navigates from one experiment to another, our senses constantly titillated. This will in turn make music with balls in strange houses that look like Dogon huts when walking water, a monkey bridge, or a path string, listen roll balls on ropes intertwined between trees, to huge machines moving water, getting lost in colorful mazes, woodland or glazed. Sometimes you have to pick. Path of good taste or bad taste? One is easier to grasp than the other. At each step, a new adventure as an initiation ritual for poetry found.
An ecotourism approach ...
First ally of the valley, nature has not been sacrificed, but rather integrated into the project. From setting up the site, or at the end of the 1980s, the park of the Cevennes is sought for a diagnosis of fauna and flora. Later, in 1993, launched a partnership with the federation of fishing results in the classification of the creek reserve and ensures that tourism will have no negative impact on the river. The Valley is also involved in environmental initiatives with Cevennes Ecotourism, an association of professionals committed to the principles of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism. Some concrete actions: the waste is sorted on the car park at the bottom, plants and forests are studied regularly by botanists and students of forestry, cleaning products and all materials on the site are also carefully chosen to avoid pollution, etc.
but also social and educational
Finally, the valley is a major driver of the country, both creating jobs (15 employees in the summer) and contributor of activities for the whole region. Hosts, restaurateurs, retailers are taking advantage of the site and its attractiveness force. And they often come from afar to visit until 1:30 ride to almost half of arrivals and more than 3 hours A / R for 20% of them. For ten years, from 1993 to 2003, the site has grown steadily from 14,000 visitors in its first year, 24,000 the second and 30,000, 40,000 ... to 53,000 in 2001, William took the positive dynamic to not lose sight of its values and objectives. Beyond recreation, the idea is to use the Valley as an inclusive educational tool. Upon opening, a free day is planned for job seekers, charitable partnerships are also conducted with the Lozère, restaurants of the heart, and "Leisure Culture" card is being studied.
And winter
And winter, when the site is closed, the team Vallon returns to its cap and runs educational schools to introduce young people to contemporary art with the association's childhood art. Certainly, the company has also fallen on hard times, as in the early 2000s which saw appear in the landscape parks such Vulcania or Micropolis. Le Vallon then seems a bit "dated", "we had to call in question, rethink the model, review certain operations, then leave." This is done for several years, with some 35,000 visitors a year, 400 people a day in summer, and up to 1000 the biggest days of August. Nothing to be ashamed when we know Disneyland has an investment budget four thousand times ... Yes indeed, it is beautiful and praiseworthy this park, and it does not need Mickey or major rides for fun ...
.la Nature is bold
"- It is beautiful this park, there is no need for electricity or big rides for fun. "In the Valley of Villaret, wise encountered and we are reassured. No, all is not lost. There are still people who enjoy poetic universe and atypical play. This visitor Marseille comes every year with her children and never tires of Vallon, who, it must be said, has evolved over the years as the project is protean. Originally, that is to say, there are more than twenty years, William Sonnet is almost visionary when he decided to open a park of culture and leisure in a wild setting, a wooded agricultural wasteland where flows a river in a mountainous area on the edge of Cevennes National Park. The gamble is huge, measurement of the task facing his man, a "pure strain migrated" born in Paris as it is defined, but has had several lives when he formed his project weaver artist in the Vercors, a teacher in handicapped children to design a rehabilitation program in mathematics. Let us just over the wire ...
It was after a series of coincidence and turns of fate that William Sonnet decided to go with spearhead of contemporary creation as a management theme. Brochure on the site, it says it is unusual to see in rural areas, a place of culture focused not on the past but on contemporary creativity and which is also a popular place. In situ, this means many artists and ephemera facilities, not including regular exhibitions in the 13th round, "acquired by chance", more than two hundred artists presented to date. However, the Valley does not want only a "laboratory" of works and artistic achievements, it is also and above all a giant box idea which one navigates from one experiment to another, our senses constantly titillated. This will in turn make music with balls in strange houses that look like Dogon huts when walking water, a monkey bridge, or a path string, listen roll balls on ropes intertwined between trees, to huge machines moving water, getting lost in colorful mazes, woodland or glazed. Sometimes you have to pick. Path of good taste or bad taste? One is easier to grasp than the other. At each step, a new adventure as an initiation ritual for poetry found.
An ecotourism approach ...
First ally of the valley, nature has not been sacrificed, but rather integrated into the project. From setting up the site, or at the end of the 1980s, the park of the Cevennes is sought for a diagnosis of fauna and flora. Later, in 1993, launched a partnership with the federation of fishing results in the classification of the creek reserve and ensures that tourism will have no negative impact on the river. The Valley is also involved in environmental initiatives with Cevennes Ecotourism, an association of professionals committed to the principles of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism. Some concrete actions: the waste is sorted on the car park at the bottom, plants and forests are studied regularly by botanists and students of forestry, cleaning products and all materials on the site are also carefully chosen to avoid pollution, etc.
but also social and educational
Finally, the valley is a major driver of the country, both creating jobs (15 employees in the summer) and contributor of activities for the whole region. Hosts, restaurateurs, retailers are taking advantage of the site and its attractiveness force. And they often come from afar to visit until 1:30 ride to almost half of arrivals and more than 3 hours A / R for 20% of them. For ten years, from 1993 to 2003, the site has grown steadily from 14,000 visitors in its first year, 24,000 the second and 30,000, 40,000 ... to 53,000 in 2001, William took the positive dynamic to not lose sight of its values and objectives. Beyond recreation, the idea is to use the Valley as an inclusive educational tool. Upon opening, a free day is planned for job seekers, charitable partnerships are also conducted with the Lozère, restaurants of the heart, and "Leisure Culture" card is being studied.
And winter
And winter, when the site is closed, the team Vallon returns to its cap and runs educational schools to introduce young people to contemporary art with the association's childhood art. Certainly, the company has also fallen on hard times, as in the early 2000s which saw appear in the landscape parks such Vulcania or Micropolis. Le Vallon then seems a bit "dated", "we had to call in question, rethink the model, review certain operations, then leave." This is done for several years, with some 35,000 visitors a year, 400 people a day in summer, and up to 1000 the biggest days of August. Nothing to be ashamed when we know Disneyland has an investment budget four thousand times ... Yes indeed, it is beautiful and praiseworthy this park, and it does not need Mickey or major rides for fun ...
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