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Tourism Macon
Crossed by the Saône river, Mâcon is a beautiful city of Burgundy which shines by its rich history. There are numerous museums and archeological sites. With 34 298 inhabitants, Macon is located at 65kms from Lyon and 150kms from Geneva. The city is full of flowers, you will also appreciate the river area with ballads along the Port in the South of the city.
The wine lovers will be pleased, indeed Mâcon is a stage of the wine trail mâconnais-beaujolais. So numerous wine cellars will propose you to taste different quality wines and in May you can attend the French Competition of Great Wines and the National Fair of Wines which is the most the ancient in France.
Attractions in Mâcon
- Cathedral of Saint Vincent
- Church of Saint-Peter
- Workshop of Descombins
- Apothicairerie of the Hotelotel-Dieu
- The Vieux Saint Vincent
- Senecé Hotel (Museum Lamartine)
- The House of Archaeology
- Saint Clément's archeological site
- Museum of Ursulines (ancient convent)
Museums and monuments to visit
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L'Apothicairerie de l'hôtel-Dieu de MâconThe Apothecary of the Hotel Dieu of Macon is located in a hospital established around the year 1770, according to the plans of the architect of the Pantheon. The hospital is still active, and the ...
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Eglise Saint-Pierre de MâconBuilt in the nineteenth century, the Church of St. Pierre was designed according to the plans of the architect Berthier was a pupil of Viollet le Duc. The building was built in Romanesque style ...
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château de la Tour de RomanècheBuilt in the mid-fifteenth century, the Castle Tower Romanèche belonged to Stephen's family Rébé. The building will be sold in the seventeenth century Claude Noblet. After ...
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Le hameau DubœufPioneer of wine, the Hameau Duboeuf is a spectacular theme park around the vine and wine. About 30,000 m2 and four main sites, reveals a playful way everything vine and wine are our heritage: the ...
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Abbaye de ClunyThe Abbey of Cluny, located in Bourgogne in the department of Saône-et-Loire, was founded in 909 by the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Auvergne Guillaume I. At the time his role was to host a ...
Wine road - Maconnais- Beaujolais - 2
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Macon
- Durée : 7 jours
On the Wine road there are cellars of all sizes ; about fifty Romanesque churches of which the Cluny and Tournus abbeys; historical castles; museums and prehistoric caves. See on www.frenchflair.travel
Macon
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Macon
- Durée : 7 jours
Macon is the most southern city of Burgundy located in the Saône-et-Loire.
Pont-de-Veyle
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Pont-de-veyle
- Durée : 4 jours
Pont de Veyle is located on the Boucle Sud of the Road of the Bresse,this one is the wire ARIANE between landscapes, inheritance and gastronomy. But this is before a whole pretext to borrow the " way of the écoliers" , that which makes screws it with the trunk roads, frisk ...
Welcome to the canton of Pont-de-Vaux
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Pont-de-vaux
- Durée : 7 jours
Northern main gate of the Rhône Alpes area, and south of Bourgogne, the canton of Pont de Vaux welcomes you between the Saone and Bresse. Logistic pole par excellence, near to the metropolises, such as Lyon, Dijon and Geneva