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Autunois - Autun (Department 71 Saône-et-Loire)
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| Panoramic Autun Credits: Th. Clarte |
Where to situate Autun | |
The area is attractive for both French and Foreign tourists. With Mostly Dutch buying up to now, as it is also just 8 hours from Amsterdam, we see now more and more British. Outside Autun there are still good deals to get. Prospective buyers seeking old stone built property in a beautiful region of France would be exceptionally well advised to take a look to this area. Accessibility Autun is at about six hours from the Channel ports. You can avoid Paris traffic if you drive down via Reims. From le creusot/montchanin station just 20 minutes south east of Autun you are in Paris (1 hour 20) and Lyon (35mins). Most people leave the motorway at Beaune where they top up their wine cellar on their way home. |
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 Image: Autun view - Credits: Alain Doire/C.R.T.Bourgogne |
Autun The town of Autun, is a place positively bursting with history and charm, with a clear regional function. The old streets wind a crooked path around the old town, as it tumbles down a hillside and looks out onto the delightful artificial lake of Plan D’Eau du Vallon. On this lake many water sports are offered, sailing, swimming and windsurfing. There are many Roman remains still visible in and around the town, including the largest Roman theatre in ancient Gaul. Here, in July and August, local people re-enact the history of the town in spectacular costumed performances, which are well worth attending! Autun is loved with second home owners with children, as they visit on market days, and enjoy drink on the many terraces, or have a game of Golf on the 9 hole in Autun, or the 18 hole near to Montchanin. |
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To the north of Autun Here you find lovely undulating valleys, with streams and small villages such as Lucenay l’Eveque and Curgy. Worth a visit is the Chateaux de Sully: The largest Renaissance Château in Southern Burgundy. Image: Sully castle - Credits: MacMahon Family |
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Image: Couches castle - Credits: Alain Doire/C.R.T.Bourgogne |
To the east of Autun Forests and beautiful equestrian country side, with towns like Broye and Auxy on hill tops surrounded by Forests. Touching the wine area you find Couches with its famous Medieval Castle. The mining towns of le Creusot and Montchanin, lack a bit of charm, but are important to the region in economic terms and with the TGV station, making it possible to be in Paris within 80 minutes and Lyon in 30 minutes. |
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The Arroux Valley to the south Several village are joined by the wide and shallow Arroux river, meandering in the valley formed by the Uchon and the Beauvray ridges. The Buddhist temple, Dashang Kagyu Ling, recognized as the centre of Bhuddism in France can be visited. Also de Greek Orthodox church in La chappelle sous Uchon makes this a true religious area. Image: Temple Mille Bhuddas - Credits: Benjamin Haas |
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Image: Canyoning in the Morvan Alain Doire/C.R.T.Bourgogne |
The Morvan regional park to the West Grand Verriere, Saint Leger sur Beauvray and St Prix are examples of these villages nestled in deep valleys, specially for those looking for nature and that peace and quiet, still only 15 minutes from Autun and all its facilities. Famous is Museum Bibracte, with its permanent exposition the Celtic civilization in Europe and the excavations of this old Gaulish capital of the Iron ages. |
| Useful links in this area |
| Burgundy-tourism The Burgundy area main tourist website |
| Autun Tourist office Interesting and up to date bilingual site for Autun and the surrounding area |
| South Burgundy tourist board The official bilingual tourist site of the department, allowing to zoom into this area |
| Arroux valley commune Only in French, with many usefull links for the villages in Arroux valley |
| Official Morvan regional park An excellent portal on what all what the Park Regional du Morvan has to offer |
| Epinac tourist office The website made by the tourist board of Epinac |
| Couche region the website of the area to the East of Autun, practical and tourist information |
| Mille Bouddhas temple background to, history and activities at the unique Buddhist temple |
| Bibracte Museum and archeological site About the excavation site and the museum: Celtic Archaeological European centre |
| Sully Castle All about the renaissance chateaux in Sully owned by family Macmahon |
| Burgundy Discovery wine tours A great way to discover the wines and the tastes of burgundy wine |
| Burgundy on a Plate Personalised Wine and Gastronomy Tours |
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