Tourist attractions Juliénas

This huge wine park is a promotion tool for Beaujolais producer Duboeuf but also a very fine window on the world of wine. Your visit will start in the Salle des Pas Perdus, the concourse of a 1900s-style train station , where you get your ticket for..

A veritable symbol of the southern Mâcon region, on the fringes of the Beaujolais region and in the heart of the Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards, the Rock of Solutré overlooks the entire Bresse region, from Bourg to Mâcon. The walk to the top is easy and th..

From this hamlet nestled in a loop in the D 18, 1km from the Col du Fût d' Avenas , a magnificent semi-circular panorama opens out: beyond the Saône Valley, it takes in the plains of the Bresse , the Jura and, on a clear day, the Alps and Mont Blan..

The 12C Monks' Chapel is famous for its mural paintings which are a fine example of Cluniac art. The vaulting of the apse is decorated with a nearly- 4m high Christ in Majesty, surrounded by apostles, bishops and deacons presenting a parchment (the L..

This 10ha park has a wide variety of animals and birds from all five continents, in apparently liberty, except for the big cats. This pleasant park will appeal to children in particular as it also includes a number of attractions.

This 15C fortified castle was built in order to defend the border between Burgundy and the Beaujolais region. The Madeleine-Ragny family coat of arms is set above the main dungeon entrance. The interior courtyard has pretty Renaissance galleries. And..

The museum is composed of prehistory, Gallo-Roman and medieval archeology, regional ethnography and painting and ceramic sections. It is situated in the former 17C Ursulines convent. Paintings include works by Le Brun, Philippe de Champaigne, Greuze ..

A wrought-iron railing stands in front of Lamartine's Childhood Home. It is in this 18C residence that the poet spent his childhood with his tender and affectionate mother. Throughout his life, Lamartine cherished Milly and its vineyards and he felt ..

Poet Alphonse de Lamartine was given this property on his marriage in 1820. He restored and enlarged it, adding a neo-Gothic peristyle recalling the English origins of his artist wife Mary Ann, who inspired and contributed to the improvements here; s..

Perched on a rocky spur rising above the surrounding vine-covered hillsides, the feudal castle of Berzé-le-Châtel long remained impregnable. Its various terraces still show the extent of its defensive system. The oldest part, going back to the 9C, co..

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The inventor of the lime-washing technique used on vines until 1945, Benoît Raclet was considered a saviour by winegrowers who regularly saw their vineyards devastated by caterpillars. There are a number of exhibits relating to this important discove..

In this workshop in the late 19C, Pierre-François Guillon ran a school of technical drawing (linear drawing and wood cutting patterns) for members of the craftsmen's corporations.

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The museum covers the prehistoric archeology of the southern Mâcon region, the horses and hunting of the Upper Paleolithic Age in Solutré and, finally Solutrean Man set in a European context. It has two excellent viewpoints overlooking the Saône vall..

A path leads to the Crot-du-Charnier and then to the Rock of Solutré (493m-high). The walk offers an extensive view over the Saône valley, the Bresse region, the Jura mountains and, on a fine day, the Alps.

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