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
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Cormatin castle
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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
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Cattle market - St-Christophe-en-Brionnais
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Autun
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Louhans
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Louhans
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Louhans
©Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

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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)
• Villa Perrusson (7 km) : www.villaperrusson.fr

 

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

 

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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)

 

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

 

Tourist Offices

• Comité régional du tourisme en Bourgogne Franche-Comté
• Comité départemental du tourisme en Saône-et-Loire
• Office de Tourisme Creusot Montceau-les-Mines (OT le pus proche du gîte)
• Office de tourisme de Beaune & Pays Beaunois
• Office de tourisme de Dijon Métropole
• Office de tourisme d'Autun et du Grand Autunois Morvan
• Office de tourisme du Pays de la Bresse Bourguignonne (Louhans)

 

The surrounding towns

• Site internet de la commune du Creusot
• Site internet de la commune d’Autun
• Site internet de la commune de Beaune
• Site internet de la commune de Chalon-sur-Saône
• Site internet de la commune de Tournus

 

Activities around

• Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan
• France-Voyage.com - Tourisme autour de Cluny
• Tripadvisor - Dijon : les meilleures activités
• Cité internationale de la Gastronomie et Vin - Dijon