Pays d'Othe

The Pays d'Othe, with its orchards and its cider that's full of body

The very first inhabitants of the Aube chose to live in this region that has remained just as natural and beautiful as it was then. The sharpened flints that have been found more or less everywhere in the Pays d'Othe bear witness to the fact that people lived and prospered in the shelter of the huge forests. The typical villages of brick-coloured houses that you'll see as you come round the valleys are there to be explored. You can take advantage of being here to uncork a nice bottle of farm cider, it'll be a nice amber and as fizzy as you could wish. For this is where the orchards are crammed with luscious fruit. The apples have still gottheir authentic taste and shape. In the autumn, people still press them in the traditional way, and there are quite some celebrations when this happens.