Featuring Saint-Etienne, Perouges, Vienne, Salers, and Villefranche-sur-Saone, the Rhone Valley area is full and history and character. With beautiful villages that can be traced back almost 1000 years ago, lovely historic towns, museums, monuments and picturesque natural setting this a great place vacation. This valley has also been a hub of wine culture since ancient times and is just as popular today. Its wine region, one of the most ancient wine-growing areas, stretches along the Rhone River to the Mediterranean Sea in the southern part of France.