Kil. Miles. =Valence= to Vienne =73= 45½ =Vienne= to Lyon =26= 16 =Lyon= to Villefranche =30= 18½ =Villefranche= to Macon =37= 23 =Macon= to Chalon-sur-Saône =56= 35 =Chalon-sur-Saône= to Dijon =67= 41¾ =Dijon= to Montbard =76= 41 =Montbard= to Tonnere =44= 27½ =Tonnere= to Sens =85= 53 =Sens= to Melun =68= 42¼ =Melun= to Paris =40= 25 NOTES FOR DRIVERS Between =Valence= and =Andance=, where the Rhone Valley is left, there are no less than eighteen of the shallow drains called =cassis= on the road; they are all marked with conspicuous warning-boards. As far as =Andance= the road is perfectly level, but on going to the left, just before entering that village, it ascends steeply, and climbs more or less continuously to the watershed above =La Versanne=. The gradient is much reduced by long loops, and the surface is good all the way. The descent to =St. Étienne= has some sharp corners, but is not dangerous if taken carefully. PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE =Valence.=--A large modern town on the Rhone; Cathedral dating from 1095; Maison des Têtes and another Renaissance house. =St. Péray.=--A small town near the fine ruins of the Château of Crussol, built in the twelfth century. =Châteaubourg.=--A medieval castle on an isolated rock close to the road. =Tournon.=--A picturesque little town with castle, now the Hôtel de Ville; old walls; narrow streets; church of thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; the Lycée is one of the best known in France; early suspension bridge across Rhone. =Arras.=--A village, with a conspicuous castle in ruins. =St. Cyr.=--A village among the Northern Cevennes. =Annonay.=--A grey manufacturing town in a valley of the Northern Cevennes. =Bourg-Argental.=--Another manufacturing town, producing stuffs and ribbons; church with eleventh-century doorway. The =Northern Cevennes= reach their greatest height at Mont Pilat (4,705 feet), about 5 miles north of the road; the scenery and the distant views are exceedingly fine. Valence is beautifully situated on a raised site above the Rhone, and the view across the river from the cathedral towards the Cevennes, and to the Vivarais Mountains to the north-west, is given a flavour of romance, owing to the prominence of the twelfth-century Château of Crussol. It is one of the biggest ruined castles on the Rhone, and its great height of 1,055 feet is unusual. The family of Crussol were great supporters of Protestantism in the South of France, and Galiot de Crussol was killed in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew.