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

• Couches (8 km)
• St Pierre de Varennes - Brandon (10 km)
• Sully (near Autun)
• La Rochepot (near Nolay)
• Cormatin (near Tournus)
• Château de Drée (Curbigny - Charollais) ...

Industrial Heritage:

• Musée du canal du Centre - Ecuisses (8 km)
• Ecomusée - Le Creusot (12 km)
• Musée de la mine - Blanzy (20 km)

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:
  - marked routes in the local region "Autour du Couchois"
  - 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:

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
• Music in the Morvan at AUTUN in the last two weeks of July
• Museums and temporary exhibitions.

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) 
  

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