PalenQ

Though i have traveled extensively in France for four decades now i had never heard of Mignon, France until i watched Rick Steves' PBS show last week and now Mignon is on my must to do list.

I'm asking folks who have been there to help with the basics - things you enjoyed - hotel and resaurant recommendations, etc.

Here's what i gleaned from the PBS show:

Mignon is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site for its amazingly medieval looking town center, exquisite Cathedral de Notre-Dame-de-Mignon, ancient Ducal Palace, its lavish Chateau d'Eau - one of the tallest castles in France

and:

ancient laveries along the languid L'Egout River flows thru the town center and includes an old port from when steamers carried folks up and down the river from Paris

the Fromagerie de Couchon - yes apparently pigs do give milk that Jean-Francois DuMaurier mysteriously turns to cheese in his 15th-century barn.

the local wines are tremendous - the D O C Mignongne - a weird yellow wine from the area's unique yellow grapes

the show highlighted myhomeinmignon as being a great great flat that a nice local lady rents out - she meets folks even at the train station (frequent trains from Paris) and acts as a tour guide at times (www.myhomeinmignon.com)

the local Museum has the world's most extensive collection of antique Petanque balls.

The local Cafe des Sports offers a wonderful noon repas of tripe and cow's brains

NOW - HOW ABOUT MORE INFO FROM THE MANY FODORITES WHO HAVE BEEN TO MIGNON -

Tell me more

Christina

sounds interesting, but where is this place? That URL doesn't work and there is no Mignon listed on the UNESCO world heritage list. Mignon itself is a word common in a lot of place names in France, with other words. YOu've also spelled it two different ways, but usually mignon.

Is this supposed to be a joke? It seems so from the names you are using (mignon, egout river, chateaux d'eau which just means water tower, etc.).

Viajero2

What a waste....

llamalady

I have not visited Mignon (it's on
my Bucket List) but I have been to
Grande Mensonge which is nearby.

GM has a terribly authentic B&B
where you can room in with a
(albeit) small herd of Charolais.
They are very accomodating but
do not expect them to know English.

The best part of the region is the
absence of tourists - but that may
change after RS's touting of the
area - hurry, go now to enjoy the
vrai France Profonde.

travginny

This is surely a joke but...
there is Mauze-sur-le-Mignon in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.

Sherbrooke

PalenQ is just being CUTE which is what "mignon" means.