Rhone Valley and Southern Burgundy Itinerary Advice
Aug 3rd, 2006, 02:19 PM
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Ron,
It sounds as though the Michelin Green Guides for the Rhône Valley and Burgundy would be useful to you. If you don't have them, send me a message at [email protected] and I can photocopy the itinerary pages and send them to you.
Certainly put Bourg-en-Bresse on your list; the Flamboyant Gothic church there is a gem. If you have time, a drive over toward Nantua, up in the mountains, would be enjoyable. Have you been to Cluny? While the abbey is in ruins, seeing the sheer size of it and looking at the model is fascinating. Not far from there is Paray-le-Monial, a picturesque town with a fine Romanesque basilica.
It sounds as though the Michelin Green Guides for the Rhône Valley and Burgundy would be useful to you. If you don't have them, send me a message at [email protected] and I can photocopy the itinerary pages and send them to you.
Certainly put Bourg-en-Bresse on your list; the Flamboyant Gothic church there is a gem. If you have time, a drive over toward Nantua, up in the mountains, would be enjoyable. Have you been to Cluny? While the abbey is in ruins, seeing the sheer size of it and looking at the model is fascinating. Not far from there is Paray-le-Monial, a picturesque town with a fine Romanesque basilica.
Aug 3rd, 2006, 04:14 PM
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If you are near Macon and want a meal that will leave you gasping, try Le Raisin in modest Pont de Vaux, NE of Macon.
They have rooms -- a bit dull but very serviceable -- for those unable to move after the 6 courses of their gastronomic menu. Their frogs' legs are exquisite, as are the pommes parmentier -- tiny potato pancakes -- served between the main meat course and the cheese and dessert.
We have stayed a few times at the Domaine Dauphin, a wonderful B&B NW of Macon. Nearby is the restaurant Laroquette -- a simple place whose Parisian owner found us "sympas" and spent much time with us extolling the vanished pleasures of the food on the old French trains.
At Cluny, we enjoyed greatly our dinner at the Hotel de Bourgogne, right beside the cathedral. It looks stuffy and bourgeois but the classic cooking and immaculate service were a return to an older, more fastidious and fast-disappearing style.
You might also enjoy pretty little Brancion, which we visited from the grandish Chateau de Beaufer, run with Swiss efficiency and great style.
They have rooms -- a bit dull but very serviceable -- for those unable to move after the 6 courses of their gastronomic menu. Their frogs' legs are exquisite, as are the pommes parmentier -- tiny potato pancakes -- served between the main meat course and the cheese and dessert.
We have stayed a few times at the Domaine Dauphin, a wonderful B&B NW of Macon. Nearby is the restaurant Laroquette -- a simple place whose Parisian owner found us "sympas" and spent much time with us extolling the vanished pleasures of the food on the old French trains.
At Cluny, we enjoyed greatly our dinner at the Hotel de Bourgogne, right beside the cathedral. It looks stuffy and bourgeois but the classic cooking and immaculate service were a return to an older, more fastidious and fast-disappearing style.
You might also enjoy pretty little Brancion, which we visited from the grandish Chateau de Beaufer, run with Swiss efficiency and great style.
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