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Located in the east of the Saône-et-Loire , Bresse from the Burgundy
region is served by a good road and motorway network :
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Motorway A6, exit Tournus or Chalon-sur-Saône
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Motorway A39, exit Beaurepaire en Bresse or Le Miroir
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Motorway A36 North and A40 South
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N78 linking Chalon-sur-Saône to Lons-le-Saunier
Bresse from the Burgundy region is a large undulating valley scattered
with fields, forests and ponds in which fishermen can fish carp, pike,
white fish, pikeperch, black bass or silurid. It is crossed by the river
Seille which is navigable for 39kms, between the towns of Louhans and la
Truchère.
There are 850 kms of marked footpaths which in the region and offer
endless itineraries taking in all the rich rural crafts (the chair
makers of Rancy or the traditional cabinetmakers), architecture,
gastronomy, culture and ethnicity.
You will admire the typical Bresse region low farmhouses with their
wooden and brick sides, its churches, its windmills and its villages
and the different architecture of its castles.
Discover Burgundy’s natural riches at this museum with permanent and
temporary exhibitions.
The town
of LOUHANS
Classified as “The most beautiful detour in France”, Louhans offers the
charms of a small
town filled with history and situated on the banks of the river Seille.
There is the Bresse
region poultry market every Monday
morning. It is a place that the
locals do not want to miss
as it is where producers and buyers meet. The market will captivate you
by its size and its authenticity: it is the fourth biggest agricultural
market in France and it is classified as “a place of remarkable
gastronomy”. La Grande rue has 157 arches which are 400
metres long. The walls of houses date back to the 15th
century, the church of Saint Pierre with its roof of polychrome tiles,
the House of Bailli, the towers of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul,
the old streets and courtyards are worth visiting either as a guided
tour or independently by following the signs (maps are available at the
Office du Tourisme of Louhans-Tel: 03 85 75 05 02).
Hôtel-Dieu and its apothecary is the town’s jewel (Rue du
capitaine Vic.-Tel: 03 85 75 54 32).
A newspaper workshop:
The machines of the newspaper “l’Indépendant” are still well preserved,
and reconstruct the atmosphere of this lead printing workshop. (29
rue des Dôdanes - Tél. : 03 85 76 03 41)
The
local museum:
paintings, sculptures, furniture….(29 rue des Dôdanes- tel: 03 85 76 03
41)
Bress’pullmann nostalgie: two railway carriages which hold a
model of the station of Louhans as it was in 1929 (gare de Louhans- Tel:
03 85 75 46 56)
Maison
de la Volaille de Bresse:
Bresse poultry exhibition: documents, objects, videos, shop (Bois de
Chize- 71500 BRANGES- Tel:03 85 75 10 07).
SAINT-GERMAIN DU BOIS
:
Museum on Bresse agriculture: Bachelet farm.
SAINT-USUGE
:
Bicycle museum.
BRANGES : Boat ride on the river Seille, Boats available for rental.
LA CHAPELLE-NAUDE :
The Red Barn
ST-MARTIN EN BRESSE :
The house of du Bois
VERDUN SUR LE DOUBS (visit the website) :
Wheat and
bread museum
PIERRE DE
BRESSE (visit the website) :
17th century castle, nature exhibition, old craftsmanship and
traditional furniture from the Bresse region.
CHALON SUR
SAONE (visit the website) :
Vivant Denon museum of art and archaeology retracing 2000 years of the
town’s history; Nicéphore Niepce museum, Blanod castle.
LA VOIE VERTE
:
take a bicycle tour, or on roller blades, in a wheelchair or even by foot
between St-LEGER SUR DHEUNE AND CHALON: 117 kms of quiet roads through MACON
to DIGOIN
TOURNUS :
visit the abbey built in the 10th,11th
and 12th centuries, with its 12th century mosaics in
the ambulatory, the crypt, the St-Michel chapel, the cloister and its abbey
buildings, the Burgundy museum (with scenes of rural life in the region of
Bresse and in the Macon region during the 19th century), the
hotel-Dieu (17th,18th,19th centuries, with
3 common rooms, its chapel and apothecary, and the Greuze museum (an 18th
century painter).
MACON (visit the website) :
The St-Laurent bridge (most beautiful bridge crossing the river Saône), the
old Vincent (of which its twin towers survived the French revolution),
St-Pierre church, the house of du bois (the bucket carriers, the town’s
symbol), the Sencé hotel in its Regency style (headquarters of the Macon
academy, Lamartine museum)
The AZE and
BLANOT caves:
classified as a 3 star prehistoric site
Places of interest: SOLUTRE and CHASSEY LE CAMP.
THE CASTLES OF BRANCION
(feudal castle) (visit the website)
,
of FERTE
, abbeys:…dating from 1215, stratums dating back to the 11th
century.
LA ROCHE VINEUSE
:
quarry dating back to the 1st century BC: archeological and
historical site concerning the exploitation of the flora rock (a rare and
protected species).
THE BURGUNDY
MUSEUMS (visit the website) :
Museums of Burgundy in the departments of
Côte d’Or, Nièvre, Yonne, Saône et Loire: visits, archaeological and
cultural exhibitions, fine arts, science, nature history, ethnology in
Dijon, Auxerre, Beaune, Nevers…..
TOURISM
IN FRANCHE-COMTE-JURA
A few
sites to discover :
THE ARLAY CASTLE (visit the website) :
(with walls dating back to the 13th
century): open-air theatres, garden with games of dominos and
draughtboards, fauna of Jura to discover: bird of prey park (40 birds of
prey)
CHATEAU-CHALON
(visit the website)
:
One of the most beautiful villages in France, the
church of St-Pierre, the house of the cold gables, the ruins of the
medieval castle and the Charlemagne tower.
The vineyard of MENETRU :
13th century castle, 17th
century manor with ochre coloured stones, 18th century
church, fountains and watering places, belvedere of la Croix de Beumont.
BLOIS SUR SEILLE :
(milk cablecar) 1720 church tower from the
Franche Comté region, paddle wheel, old stone bridge
VILLARDS D’HERIA :
Gallo-roman site, the Arches bridge
LONS-LE-SAUNIER (visit
the website)
:
archeological museum (France’s oldest dinosaur remains)
DOLE (visit the website) :
birthplace
of PASTEUR
ARC-et-SENANS (visit the
website) :
les
Salines
THE JURA REVERMONT
THE LAKES
THE LAKE OF CHALAIN
(visit the website) :
lake from the ice period open in DOUCIER where
you can find numerous remnants of lake dwellings.
THE FOUR LAKES
:
to be seen from the Chaux du Dombief belvedere (between St-Claude and
Lons le Saunier), possibility of walks
THE VOUGLANS LAKE (visit the
website) :
artificial lake, bridge of la pyle.
The HEDGEHOG WATERFALLS
(visit the website) :
2nd site in the Franche- Comté region, strectches at less
than a 31 drop. The Fan (l’éventail) with 65 metre fall and the “Grand
saut” waterfall is 60 m high.
THE
DES
PLANCHES CAVES
:
Europe’s most beautiful collection of potholes and the
Planches caves.
THE CAVES OF BEAUMES-LES-MESSIEURS :
waterfalls.
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