Tourism

In Saône-et-Loire, you can choose to get away from everything, or soak up history, art, gastronomy, and enjoy a wide variety of sports and pastimes. With almost 200 chateaux and 250 Romanesque churches in the surrounding region, taking a trip back into history is easy.

 

At the gite you will find plenty information about all the local sights, the history of our villages, the department of Saône-et-Loire and the Burgundy region.

 

Couches castle - ©Bh.souzani, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Couches castle
©Bh.souzani, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Cormatin castle - ©Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cormatin castle
©Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tibetan Temple of the Thousand Buddhas - La Boulaye - ©Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tibetan Temple of the Thousand Buddhas - La Boulaye
©Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Very beautiful village with spectacular granite outcrops in the Morvan - Uchon - ©VitalSonic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Very beautiful village with spectacular granite outcrops in the Morvan - Uchon
©VitalSonic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cattle market - St-Christophe-en-Brionnais - ©Wikinade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cattle market - St-Christophe-en-Brionnais
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Autun - ©Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Autun
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Louhans - ©Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Louhans
©Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Louhans - ©Arnaud 25 assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Louhans
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Louhans - ©Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Louhans
©Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 


Castle

  • Couches (8 km)
  • St Pierre de Varennes - Brandon (10 km)
  • Sully (near Autun)
  • Cormatin (near Tournus)
  • Château de Drée (Curbigny - Charollais) ...

 

Industrial Heritage

  • Ecomusée - Le Creusot (12 km)
  • Musée de la mine - Blanzy (20 km)

 

Religious Heritage

  • Autun Cathedral (30 km)
  • Tournus (40 km)
  • Cluny (40 km)
  • Romanesque churches route around the Cluny and Brionnais region

 

Spirituality

  • TAIZE (near Cluny): International oecumenical meeting place
  • PARAY le MONIAL: town steeped in art and history, Cluniac site, pilgrimage centre
  • LA BOULAYE (near Toulon sur Arroux): Tibetan Temple of the Thousand Buddhas

 

History

  • LE CREUSOT: The cradle of the historic Schneider iron and steel mills - Académie Bourdon
  • AUTUN Gallo roman site: town walls, gates, ancient amphitheatre, museums
  • BIBRACTE: a "grand site de France" - an ancient Gaulish hillfort atop Mount Beuvray

 

Sports

Tennis: court in the village

Golf:

  • at Montchanin: « Château d’Avoise », 18 holes
  • at Chalon sur Saône: 18 holes
  • at Autun: 9 holes (beautiful situation)

Walking and cycling trips:

  • blue route ( voie bleue ) marked along the canal du Centre from St Léger sur Dheune to Chalon sur Saône
  • green route ( voie verte ) marked in the Côte Chalonnaise from Givry to Mâcon through the vineyards, through the Clunisois and the Lamartine Valley ( Val Lamartinien ).
  • UCHON : very beautiful village with spectacular granite outcrops in the Morvan classified as a " village de caractère ".

Horse riding: local clubs

Attraction park for children

LE CREUSOT: parc des Combes

 

Canal Tourism:

There is a canal boat rental base at St Léger sur Dheune

 

Nearby vineyards

Numerous traditional winemakers in the local winemaking regions:

  • Le Couchois
  • Les Maranges
  • La Côte Chalonnaise: Mercurey, Givry, Rully, Santenay, Buxy
  • La Côte Mâconnaise: Macon reds and whites, Pouilly-Fuissé; Pouilly-Loché; St Véran,...

 

Typical markets in Saône & Loire

Apart from the local markets:

  • Autun (Friday morning): nice surroundings, local Morvan produce
  • Louhans (Monday morning): poultry market (AOC Bresse chicken) “a remarkable gourmet site” in a typical Bressan town classified as “the most beautiful detour in France”.
  • St Christophe en Brionnais (Wednesday afternoon): one of the largest cattle markets in France

 

Gastronomy

There are lots of restaurants nearby where you can taste some Burgundy specialities:

  • Charolais beef
  • Burgundy snails
  • Pôchouse (fish and onion stew)
  • Jambon persillé (pressed ham with parsley)
  • Bresse chicken
  • Burgundy cheeses
  • Burgundy wines

 

Culture

  • Couches Jazz Festival at the beginning of July
  • Museums and temporary exhibitions

 


You should not leave Saône-et-Loire before having visited one or more of the other prestigious sites in Burgundy.

These are sometimes in a neighbouring department but easy to visit from PERREUIL.

 

Department of Côte d’Or

  • BEAUNE and vicinity: The Hospice de Beaune and the wines
  • DIJON, capital of the Burgundy region: gastronomy, shops, monuments, Fine Art Museum (Musée des Beaux Arts),…
  • The Cistercian abbey of FONTENAY (UNESCO world heritage site) close to Montbard

 

The route of the GRANDS VINS of Burgundy:

  • from Nolay to Beaune: Côtes and Hautes Côtes de Beaune: St-Aubin, Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, Auxey-Duresses, Monthélie, Volnay, Pommard
  • from Beaune to Dijon: Côte and Hautes Côtes de Nuits: Savigny les Beaune, Chorey les Beaune, Ladoix-Serrigny, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vosne-Romanée, Gevrey-Chambertin

 

Department of Nièvre

  • The Morvan National Park

 

Department of Yonne

  • VEZELAY “eternal hill” village (UNESCO world heritage site)

 


To prepare for your holiday in South Burgundy, here are a few sites you might like to look at:

 

Tourist Offices

 

The surrounding towns

 

Activities around

 

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