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A few ideas… but there are more besides!
Around the gîtes:
• Walking
and hiking – the GR7 footpath and strolls in the surrounding
hills, château of Montaigu
• Short cycle routes through
the Vaux Valley (uphill in parts)
• Tours of local wine-growers’
cellars
• The Wine Trail
• A Neolithic site in the
surrounding hills
• Tours of Roman chapels
A short distance away:
• Public
swimming pool (1km)
• the Voie Verte (the Green
Route) at Givry: 80km of converted railway track now dedicated
cycle paths (also suitable for rollerblades)
• Tours of Roman chapels
and picturesque traditional French villages throughout the Vaux
Valley
• Château Germolles:
The only princely palace of the dukes of Burgundy (chateaudegermolles.free.fr/menuf.html)
• Arcoparc (outdoor adventure
centre) near Givry (www.cybercommunes.com/GIVRY/index.html?rubrique=rubrique_decouverte)
Not much further away:
• The
historic centre of Chalon.
• Niepce and Denon, Chalon
museums of national importance
• Walks along the River
Saône or the Centre canal between the Saône and the
Loire rivers
• Watersports area 20 minutes
away at both Chagny and St Julien-sur-Dheune
• Golf in Chalon, open
to non-members
About an hour away by car:
• The
historic centre of Autun
• Beaune, Citeaux Abbey,
Dijon
• The Château and
town of Couches, Nolay and the site of the “End of the world”
• The Cormatin Château,
Cluny, Brancion, Tournus, Solutré and the La Clayette and
Berzé-le-Chatel Châteaux
• The Taizé Community
• The Pierre de Bresse
Château and its eco-museum
• Watersport activities
on the Laives lake
Local
Festivals :
• Musicaves
classical and jazz concerts at Givry (June)
• Chalon Street Festival
(July)
• Montgolfiades (hot air
balloons) at Chalon (May)
• Couches Jazz (July)
• Son et lumière
at Autun (August)
• Chalon Carnival (end
of February)
Useful
links:
• Local
Area Tourist Board – www.bourgogne-tourisme.com
• Chalon/Saône Tourist
Office – www.chalon-sur-saone.net
• Givry Tourist Office
– http://givry.tourisme.71.free.fr/accueil.html
• Louer-un-gite-en-france.info
(Advice on renting a holiday home or gîte in France) - www.louer-un-gite-en-france.info
• Holiday gîtes and
B&B adverts for the Saône and Loire area (71) – www.repimmo.com
(only in French)
• Holiday rental – www.1000gites.com
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