{"id":17808,"date":"2015-05-26T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/?p=17808"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:38:13","slug":"annonay-balloon-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/annonay-balloon-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Up, up and away at Annonay Balloon Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annonay Balloon Festival <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> 4 -6 July 2025 <\/strong><\/span> <strong>Annonay <\/strong>(07 Ard\u00e8che, <em>ARA<\/em>) holds its annual Hot Air Balloon Festival (<em>L\u2019Art de l\u2019Envol) <\/em>on the first weekend of June<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/annonay_balloons.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" class=\"wp-image-17809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/annonay_balloons.jpg 150w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/annonay_balloons-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>An historical reconstitution of the flight of the first paper hot air balloon made by the famous Montgolfier brothers. This historic flight, which took place on June 4, 1783 in&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Annonay<\/strong><em>, led to the first manned flight!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Montgolfier brothers:<\/strong><\/span><br>\nThe town is the site of Montgolfier brothers&#8217;s first balloon flight and includes several monuments to mark this event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <b>Statue of the brothers Joseph and Etienne de Montgolfier<\/b> located in the Place de Liberation, by the sculptor Henri Cordier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <b>Pyramid<\/b> stone obelisk, the work of \u00c9tienne-Fran\u00e7ois Imbard located on the Boulevard de la R\u00e9publique. Built between 1819 and 1822, it commemorates the first ballooning experience of the Montgolfier brothers.<sup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEB1878_2-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <b>Montgolfier-Canson Paper Mill<\/b> (18th century) is registered as an historical monument.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Annonay<\/strong> is about 75km southwest of <strong>Lyon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more info on the Balloon Festival see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auvergnerhonealpes-tourisme.com\/fiches\/festival-jpeux-pas-jai-montgolfiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.auvergnerhonealpes-tourisme.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-central-palette-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6217f785b5a175ecdb6e718e2381e9a4 wp-block-paragraph\">see our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchvineyard.co.uk\/vine\/top-30-vineyard-bbs-in-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 30 vineyard B&amp;Bs in France<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-central-palette-4-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(99,146,106) 100%);font-size:27px\"><span style=\"color: #0000c4;\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/flights\/index.html?aid=372824\" target=\"_blank\">find cheap flights and plane tickets<\/a><\/span> from Booking.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-central-palette-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><em>somewhere to stay, a ferry, a train or car hire?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--RAIL EUROPE 2022 --><br><div align=\"center\"><a target=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=OBTjc9GsRvU&amp;offerid=910037.685&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The one-stop shop for train travel\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=OBTjc9GsRvU&amp;bids=910037.685&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&amp;gridnum=16\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=15329&amp;awinaffid=72440&amp;clickref=fdcom&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brittany-ferries.co.uk%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cshow.php?s=2520733&amp;v=15329&amp;q=377153&amp;r=72440\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated zoomIn has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchvineyard.co.uk\/vine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Frenchvineyard<\/strong>.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-central-palette-6-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br> stay on a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchvineyard.co.uk\/vine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-crimson-color\">French vineyard<\/mark><\/a><\/strong> &#8211; 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