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Les Musées de Sens
"= ⌂ 135 rue des Dépor tés
et de la Résistance § 03 86
64 46 22 # 2–6pm Mon, Thu
& Fri, 10am–6pm Wed, Sat &
Sun ¢ Tue & public hols

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Chablis
! E3 ⌂ Yonne @ n 1 rue du
Maréchal de Lattre de
Tassigny; www.tourisme-
chablis.fr
There is no question that The Great Room in the
Chablis tastes best in Chablis. Musée Colette in St-
Although it is one of the most Sauveur-en-Puisaye
famous wine villages on earth, STAY
its narrow stone streets still
have an air of sleepy pros­ en­Puisaye in “a house that
perity. February processions smiled only on its garden side”. Maison Lameloise
in nearby Fyé, attended by the This 17th­century château is Impeccable, spacious
wine brotherhood of Piliers now the Musée Colette. rooms and three-
Chablisiens, honour St Vincent, The best way to explore Michelin-star dining.
patron saint of wine growers. the region is on foot or by ! F4 ⌂ 36 place
bike. Alternatively, take the d’Armes, Chagny
Trans poyaudin, a 27­km ∑ lameloise.fr
7 (17­mile) train ride from St­ ¡¡¡
Sauveur to Villiers St­Benoît.
La Puisaye-Forterre Château de Guédelon is a La Montagne de
25­year project begun in 1997
! E3 ⌂ Yonne, Nièvre Brancion
£ Auxerre, Clamecy, to re­create a medieval castle, A countryside escape
Bonny-sur-Loire, Cosne- using only original building with Mâconnais views.
Cours-sur-Loire @ St- methods and local mater ials. ! F4 ⌂ Martailly-les-
Nearby, the real 13th­century
Fargeau, St-Sauveur-en- Brancion, Tournu
Puisaye n Charny; 03 86 Château de Ratilly has summer ∑ lamontagne
63 65 51 art exhibitions, concerts and debrancion.com
music workshops. St­Amand
This secret forest country was is the centre of Puisaye stone­ ¡¡¡
immortalized by the famous ware, much of which was fired
author Colette (1873–1954), in the 18th­century kiln at Hotel Le Cep
who was born at St­Sauveur­ Moutiers. The pottery and the This Old-Town-centre
frescoes in the churches at La spot also has one of the
Ferté­Loupière and Moutiers city’s best restaurants.
both used local ochre, a major ! E4–F4 ⌂ 27 Rue
export in the 19th century. Maufoux, Beaune
The pink­brick Château de ∑ hotel-cep-beaune.com
St­Fargeau housed the exiled ¡¡¡
Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans.
Musée Colette Hostellerie des Clos
" ⌂ Château St-Sauveur- Enjoy cheery rooms and
en-Puisaye § 03 86 45 61 Michelin-starred food in
95 # Apr–Oct: 10 am–6pm a converted almshouse.
Wed–Mon ! E3 ⌂ 18 rue Jules
Rathier, Chablis
∑ hostellerie-des-clos.fr
¡¡¡
Boats on the River Yonne,
in the heart of the historic
town of Auxerre
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