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Montreal, located a few kilometers from our guesthouse in Burgundy, is one of the most beautiful sites near Avallon. In late July, the Montreal High Lights will revive the past of the city.

A medieval village. 

Houses of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, remains of three walled enclosures that demonstrate the strategic importance of Montreal in the past. A collegiate, alliance of Romanesque and Gothic art, Montreal deserves attention; you ...

A few kilometers from our guest accommodation, nested in the heart of Burgundy. A country rich for its History and the beauty of the countryside.

« L’avallonnais » in Burgundy, a region of discovery!

Its hilly landscapes are made by the forests of the Morvan and the deep valleys carved out by wild rivers. As well as the fields of the “Terre-Plaine” valley, which breed the typical Charolais cows.  Those various hilly landscapes offer beautiful horizons over the plateau and the steep woody countryside.

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A jewel among the fields:

Near Sauvigny-le-Bois, just a few kilometers from our guests accommodation in Burgundy, Grandmontain priory of Saint-Jean-les Bonshommes was saved from ruin by the Société d’Etudes d’Avallon. A treasure to discover during their numerous concerts next summer.

A beautiful church in an austere elegance, the remains of a cloister, a chapter house, and a refectory … An architectural marvel nestled in the woods and near the village of Sauvigny-le-Bois, near Avallon: the old priory of Saint-Jean-les-Bonshommes. During summer, ...

The limestone drawn from the quarry of Massangis, where is located our guest accommodations, has brought fame to this village in the Serein valley.

Massangis, a stone identity :

From extraction to size, stone is worked since the twelfth century, in Massangis. It wa first used for curbs and construction of the houses. It has built its reputation well beyond the borders of the Yonne. The pillars of the Eiffel tower, for example, were ...

Our farm guest rooms in Burgundy remain a perfect stop for a visit to Beaune.

Since it was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rollin, the Hôtel-Dieu has born witness to the Flemish influence of the Duchy of Burgundy.

You may well be surprised by its vivid interior courtyard. By also its half-timbered gallery, turrets and multi-colored roof tiles.

Right up to 1970, the Sœurs Hospitalières ...

On the granitic edge overlooking the river, twenty minutes drive from our beautiful guesthouse in Burgundy, here is Avallon.

Avallon was early protected inside its ramparts. Those that are still visible date from the fifteenth and sixteenth century, but the fortified town is much older. The alleys of the city center, lined with half-timbered houses converge towards a Romanic building: the Saint-Lazarus collegiate.

It is likely that the construction of the ...

Please feel free to contact our nice farm house for your accommodation when visiting Burgundy.

Bussy-Rabutin Château:

This beautiful Renaissance chateau located near our nice farm house in Burgundy dated XII and XIV century.

It is classified as historical monument. Situated near Montbard, Fontenay Abbey and Alesia. Surrounded by a 34 hectare park with its moat, fountains, ponds and  its French gardens designed by Le Nôtre. Containing a collection of more than 500 ...

Carpe Diem, comfortable B and B in Burgundy, presents the « patients hall » of Tonnerre at the Hotel-Dieu.

One of the oldest and largest hospital monuments of medieval France.

Main town of the Chablis region, Tonnerre is the cheerful, busy center of a wine-growing area producing red, white and rosé wines. These are not ‘Chabli’s’ at all but come under the Tonnerre and Epineuil appellations.

The ...