Beaujolais campsites
In order to discover the Beaujolais region, the ideal is a stay of a few days or even an extended weekend to allow you to immerse yourself in the world of wine, old stones and wide open spaces suitable for hiking. To do this, we have selected for you Les Portes du Beaujolais campsite **** located in Anse, less than 10 kilometres from Villefranche-sur-Saône, it offers 68 rentals as well as a swimming pool and slides that will please the children. The campsite Le Lyzeron ** in Lamure-sur-Azergues has 84 pitches and an outdoor swimming pool for the summer months. Finally, the Parc Beaujolais * campsite in Villefranche-sur-Saône is located 100 metres from a lake and offers 128 pitches.
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Sites not to be missed in Beaujolais
Situated 60 kilometres from Lyon, the town of Beaujeu in the Rhône is the historic capital of the Beaujolais region. It is an essential stopover for discovering the region. Here you can admire the Hospices de Beaujeu, an essential building of the town, as well as the Saint-Nicolas church, a superb Romanesque building from the Middle Ages. Don't miss the Hôtel de la Tour and the magnificent half-timbering of the Renaissance house. Today, a third of the town's surface area is transformed into vineyards and benefits from the Beaujolais-Villages Appellation, a controlled origin wine. A stop at the Maison du Terroir Beaujolais will allow you to enjoy the local products on offer and to contemplate the beautiful half-timbered walls of the inner courtyard.
Oingt is part of the Pays des Pierres Dorées, a group of small villages of character whose ochre and gold facades change according to the time of day. The only village to have been classified as the Most Beautiful Village in France in the Rhône, Oingt offers a pleasant stroll through its winding, cobbled streets dotted with stalls run by craftsmen, its ochre stone houses that glisten in the sun and its flowery facades, the church of Saint-Mathieu, the fortified gateway and the 12th-century tower dungeon, a remnant of the castle. Situated on a hill, the village offers superb views of the Beaujolais hills and the Azergues valley.
Classified as a historic monument and labelled a "Petite Cité de Caractère", the small fortified medieval village of Ternand is perched on a rocky promontory and is part of the Pierres Dorées. The covered way leads to the ruins of the castle destroyed by the Baron des Adrets and his Huguenot troops in the 16th century. The church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and its crypt are also worth a look. At the top, you must admire the exceptional panorama over the Arzegues Valley and the Beaujolais mountains.
The capital of the Beaujolais region, Villefranche-sur-Saône is a town in which it is very pleasant to stroll with one's nose in the air to contemplate the Maison de l'Italien, the Pêcherie or the Maison Dephelines, all of which are Renaissance style buildings with their delightful interior courtyards. The Romanesque and Gothic collegiate church of Notre-Dame-des-Marais, with its old stained glass windows, its large organ and its central nave with ribbed windows, is another very beautiful building. The banks of the river Saône are perfect for strolling along and the access to the Beaujolais vineyards is just outside the town! For a complete tour, the town of Villefranche has two museums that are not to be missed: the Conscripts Museum and the Paul Dini Museum, which traces the history of painting in Lyon and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
The last Romanesque cloister in the Rhône, Salles-Arbuissonnas is located 45 kilometres north of Lyon. When you know that the word Salles means "place where you stop" in Celtic, it makes sense to visit this place! Built by Cluniac monks in the 10th century, it is part of the Priory of Saint-Martin-de-Salles. At the Priory Museum you can learn about its history in a fun way with workshops for children, treasure hunts and interactive tours to please the youngest visitors.
To finish this tour of the Beaujolais, the Mont Brouilly hill will fill your eyes with its view over the Saône plain and the entire Beaujolais landscape. At the top, the Notre-Dame-des-Raisins chapel was built to protect the vines from disease and bad weather.
Discovering Mont Saint-Rigaud at sunset is a moment not to be missed. Established in the green Beaujolais at 1000 meters of altitude, the summit can be reached on foot or by bike by making a stop at the Saint-Rigaud spring which is said to have the power to heal. Once at the top, you can observe what is without doubt one of the most beautiful spots in the Beaujolais. A breathtaking view over the Azergues Valley, the Charolais, the Alps, the Lyonnais and the Beaujolais Mountains. A spot that leaves a nice souvenir of a stay in the Beaujolais.