Tourism in Saône-et-Loire
The Tour de France in Mâcon Saône-et-Loire is one of the four departments of Burgundy. Tourism in this region is founded on its varied landscape (the Saône plain, the Mâconnais, and the Charolais), its gastronomy with the prestigious mâconnais wines, the charolais beef, the poulet de Bresse (Bresse chicken), and its rich architectural sites, (Autun , Cluny , Paray-le-Monial , and Tournus )
Sights
Natural sites
Arboretum de Pézanin
Cities and villages
Cluny
Public opened castle
Château de Drée , garden
Important tourist sites
Wine
Bourgogne wine Mâconnais :
Chalonnais :
Most visited sites
26 Sites most visited in southern Burgundy
Location
Number of visitors[ 2]
Type
Basilica of Paray-le-Monial (free)
Paray-le-Monial 475,000
Church
Abbaye Saint Philibert
Tournus 220,000
Abbey
Parc des Combes
Le Creusot 165,000
Amusement park
Touroparc Zoo
Romanèche-Thorins 155,499
Amusement park
Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie et Abbaye de Cluny
Cluny 128,088
Abbey site
Hameau du vin
Romanèche-Thorins 119,759
Wine village
Communauté de Taizé Taizé 111,630
Religious community
Château de Cormatin
Cormatin 58,612
Chateau
Temple des mille Bouddhas La Boulaye 50,000
Buddhist temple
Cathédrale Saint Lazare
Autun 50,000
Cathedral
Musée Bibracte
Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray 40,623
Muaeum
Ecomusée de la Bresse
Pierre-de-Bresse 36,178
Museum
Acrogivry
Givry 27,103
Musée de la Préhistoire de Solutré
Solutré 26,958
Museum
Musée Nicéphore-Niépce
Chalon-sur-Saône 26,238
Photography museum
Diverti'Parc
Toulon-sur-Arroux 26,000
Amuesement parks
Arboretum de Pézanin (free) Dompierre-les-Ormes 25,000
Arboretum
Château de Couches
Couches 24,259
Chateau
Château de Sully Sully 24,095
Chateau
Grottes d'Azé
Azé 23,095
Cave
Brancion 23,100
Medieval village
Musée Rolin
Autun 18,226
Museum
Haras national de Cluny
Cluny 18,189
Centre EDEN
Cuisery 15,884
Château de Pierreclos
Pierreclos 15,429
Chateau
Galerie européenne de la forêt et du bois (free 1st Sunday of ever month)
Dompierre-les-Ormes 15,154
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