Arts, sports and facilities near Guillon

Discover the area

Your hostess, is a trained tourist guide and combines a good knowledge of the area with extended and up-to-date connections in rural tourism and arts and crafts. She has put together two local routes to enable you to discover the countryside around Guillon, one around the village and one above it, in Monfault where a panoramic view of the landscape can be enjoyed.

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History and cultural heritage

Two very close precious places :

the medieval village and the collegiate church of Montréal
the Epoisses 's castle

Conservation areas ( Patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco)

Fontenay's abbey
Vézelay's basilica

Noyers-sur-Serein, one of the few "plus beau village de France ".

Alésia, with is new "MuséoParc", an Interpretation Center - opening March 2012 - and an archeological museum about Julius Caesar against Veringetorix battle and Gallo-Roman life.

Curiositys :

Saint-Grégoire's chapel in the middle of the forest near Sainte-Magnance
the "monuments historiques" conservation train station in Sincey-les-Rouvray
the Chappe's telegraph tower in Annoux
Buffon's forge near Montbard
prehistoric cave at Arcy-sur-Cure
costume's museum in Avallon
the Massangis "Pierreux" House and quarry

Sports

The Topo-Guide P893 list a lot of hikes paths : " Le pays d'Avallon à pied ".

Climbing at Roches Sainte-Catherine (Vieux Château), with JL Scola’s topo-guide.

For sports amateur : h orse riding, canoeing, hiking, VTT in the nearest Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan.

Gastronomy

Some famous wine-growing soils : Auxerrois, Chablisien, Tonnerrois, Vézelien.

Two 3***restaurants, in Saulieu and Saint-Père-sous-Vézelay.

Some other tables, less prestigious but nevertheless truly interresting, in Sainte-Magnance, Quarré-les-Tombes, l'Isle-sur-Serein, Avallon ...

Favorit's events

Donkey's fair in Ragny, second July's sunday (5 km)
Contemporary festival of music in Pisy " Utopies Festivales ", July or August depends years (10 km)
Guillon's canton fair, third August's sunday

For arts and handcraft's amateurs

The Mouton Bleu gallery, Avallon
The art and " agri-sculpture " workshop, Perrigny-sur-Armançon
Claire et Andrew Squire, potters in Noyers-sur-Serein
Olivier Delaroziere and Woodstacker, land art in Saint-Germain de Modéon
Folk music and traditions in the Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan.