You will find an extreme variety of landscapes, soils, and climates ; a miniature France where the southern influences (from the Provence) meet the northern, where the waters officially separate between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
South Burgundy is made of a multitude of landscapes, from the Bresse rolling plains to the Morvan rolling hills, or from the Charolais sandstone to the Maconnais limestone.
Pure nature !
In the south of the Morvan Natural Parc, this area, with the over-looking Haut-Folin (902 meters), cross-country skiing resort, dominates the Saône-et-Loire with its oaktree, beech wood and softwood high forests.
Sweet and savoury..
From the Jura foothills to the Doubs and the Saône river banks, the Bresse Bourguignonne is the natural link between Burgundy, Franche-Comté, Switzerland and the Alps.
Photogenic in the heart.
From the Côtes de Beaune to the Bresse hilly plains, around the Val de Saône, the Chalonnais draws contrasted landscapes of vineyards, forests, cereal growing and market gardening.
Nourishing and spiritual ground.
In the south-west of Saône-et-Loire, the Charolais Brionnais offers a wide variety of landscapes, with fields and pastures, outlined by its winding rivers (l'Arroux, l'Arconce, la Bourbince, L'Oudrache), before they flow into the wide Loire and soon reach the ocean.
Revisited industry
This area is proud of its industrial past. Leader of the19th century revolution, the Creusot-Montceau offers a perspective over a colourful past.
This area offers various paths, which give opportunities for numerous hikes.
Books and novels coming alive.
A wine ground, marked by the Roman heritage (Cluny), and even by prehistory (the rock of Solutré), and by the famous author Lamartine.
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