Saône-et-Loire: what to see and do
43 sites listed in the département. A Burgundy land between the Charolais and the wine-growing Mâconnais, the Saône-et-Loire cultivates an exceptional Romanesque heritage around Cluny Abbey, once one of the largest churches in Christendom. This département charms with its gastronomic and architectural wealth.
La Roche de Solutré
For geological, prehistoric and historical reasons, the Roche de Solutré is the high point of any visit to the Mâconnais. A walk from the car park south of the rock lets the visitor reach the summit, after a visit to the departmental museum.
Autun
A former Roman city nicknamed the "sister and rival of Rome", whose tall Gothic spire of the Saint-Lazare cathedral still dominates the rooftops.
Bibracte
Bibracte is at the summit of Mont Beuvray and the panorama is superb. You arrive by a fortified gate in the middle of a mysterious forest of twisted "queules" beeches.
Cascade de Brisecou
A small waterfall. A pleasant hike in the Planoise forest. Excursions in the area lead to Uchon, a curious belvedere village with rock scree overlooking the Arroux valley, and to Mont Beuvray.
Château de Cormatin
Between Tournus and Cluny, in the heart of southern Burgundy, the Château de Cormatin awaits you amid its gardens and ornamental waters.
Abbaye de La Ferté
Centre Eden
Chaos d'Uchon-Griffe du diable
An orientation table lets you discover the Autunois from the superb granite block chaos that give this place its magical character laden with legends.
Château de Balleure
Château de Berzé
Château de Bissy-sur-Fley
Château de Brancion
Erected by the lords of Brancion between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries and magnified by the dukes of Burgundy in the fourteenth century, the castle proudly overlooks the Grosne valley.
Château de Brandon
Château de Bresse-sur-Grosne
Château de Burnand
Château de Chassy
Château de Corcelle
Château de Couches
Château de Digoine
Château de Dracy-lès-Couches
Château de Drée
Château de La Chapelle-de-Bragny
Château de Montjeu
The château de Montjeu is in the commune of Broye in Saône-et-Loire, in a park occupied by forest, ponds and gardens, on the mountain overlooking Autun.
Château de Pierre-de-Bresse
Château de Rully
Château de Sercy
Château de Sully
Château de la Clayette
Château de la Verrerie
Château du Banchet
Ecomusée Creusot-Montceau
Ecomusée de la Bresse Bourguignonne
Grottes d'Azé et Blanot
The caves go down more than 80 m deep. Over geological time, the vault collapsed, creating a chaos of gigantic stones.
L'Abbaye de Cluny
Cluny Abbey, founded in 910, developed very quickly, led by its illustrious abbots.
Musée Nicéphore-Niépce
Musée de la Préhistoire de Solutré
In this museum built at the foot of the prestigious rock of Solutré are gathered the collections of one of the richest prehistoric deposits in Europe.
Parc Touristique des Combes
Porte Saint-André à Autun
Semur-en-Brionnais
Semur-en-Brionnais is the birthplace of Saint Hugh of Cluny, abbot of Cluny from 1049 to 1109, reformer of the Church and much-heeded adviser of kings and Pope Gregory VII.
Théâtre romain d'Autun
Built in the 3rd century, the Roman theatre of Autun could hold up to 20,000 people. With a diameter of 149 metres, it was the largest in capacity in the western part of the Roman Empire.
Touroparc
All year round discover an exceptional animal reserve of 800 animals (mammals, reptiles, birds) with restaurant, bars, shops, games from March to October.
Chalon-sur-Saône
