There's nothing more enjoyable than strolling the streets of Mâcon where history and men have left traces of the past. The tourist can visit many places in Mâcon: the town hall of the XVII century, Saint-Pierre church, the Soufflot residence, the Wooden House with saucy sculptures, the city's talisman : Saint-Laurent bridge, the old Saint-Vincent, the Ursulines museum, a former convent with sevelar vestiges of the city's history, Saint-Vincent Church, built under Napoleon I, the Hospital and its dome designed by Soufflot and the Regency Senecé Hotel. Moreover, as you stroll the streets of Mâcon, you will discover little and great things which make this city so charming.

Pont Saint-laurent



Abbaye de Cluny

Cluny is a city of art and history, but most of all, it is an important cultural and tourist site. You can't go to Cluny without visiting the famous abbey, whose church was the largest one in the Christendom, the Art and Archeology Museum with the largest collection of Roman stones in Europe, the medieval city which protects the greatest number of Roman houses in France, the Cheese Tower: the only National Stud Farm in the Burgundy area, the hospital and its "hapothicairerie", and the surroundings of Cluny, scattered with castles, caves, museums, churches and paths.

 
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