Prochaine sortie : Archéologie ! examines the people who lived along the route of the A79 before the motorway was built. In Moulins, a museum mediator leads families through the exhibition with a game booklet to guide their exploration. Children and adults take part together, and advance booking is required for the family visit.
Tag: guided-tours
Visite des ateliers de la Cité de la Chaussure
The Cité de la Chaussure tour introduces the history of footwear in Romans and the Made In Romans workshops. A guide explains cutting, stitching, assembly and finishing. The visit connects these production stages with efforts to preserve local skills and renew the town’s shoe industry. Some sessions take place without workers present, so the experience centres on the workshops and their interpretation.
Vercors Prehistory Museum Guided Tour
A guide introduces the new exhibition route at the Musée de la Préhistoire du Vercors. The museum is built around a flint workshop abandoned by stoneworkers some 4,500 years ago, preserved on its original site and protected as a historic monument. The admission ticket includes both the museum and the guided visit, which is conducted in French.
La marquise s’invite au musée
Isabelle guides a visit in Taulignan devoted to Madame de Sévigné and the relationship between writing and art. The route introduces silk-making history through textile machinery and the skills preserved by the Musée de la soie. Works by eleven contemporary artists accompany the visit, each offering a personal interpretation of the marquise.
Montluçon’s Wartime History Guided Tour
Montluçon Tourisme leads a guided walk about the town’s experience of the Second World War. The route follows traces of the local Resistance and introduces the historical context of the wartime town. Advance booking is required and the visit runs with a minimum of four participants; children under five can attend free of charge.
The Resistance in Vichy: Guided Tour
The guided tour La Résistance à Vichy examines who joined the Resistance and what motivated them. It considers how the internal Resistance organised and the part it played in liberation and reconstruction. The discussion also addresses its contribution to the Allied victory and the debates that continue to surround this history.
Châtillon-Saint-Jean: A Medieval Village Walk
Châtillon-Saint-Jean takes its name from a ‘small castle’, a reminder of the village’s medieval past. A guided walk examines architectural traces that survive between the Isère plain and the Drôme hills. The commentary is in French, and visitors under eighteen can join the village heritage tour free of charge.
La Chaise-Dieu Abbey, Cloister and Tapestries
A guided visit explores the history and restored heritage of La Chaise-Dieu Abbey. Saint-Robert’s abbey church and the cloister are among the spaces visited. Fourteen Flemish tapestries form a highlight, displayed in a renovated former chapel. Specialist guides lead the essential tour, while religious services and the music festival can affect access to parts of the building.
Discover Historic Beaumont-lès-Valence
The history of Beaumont-lès-Valence reaches back to Roman antiquity. A guided walk follows the lanes of the old village from the clock tower to the church-temple, one of its distinctive religious buildings. Commentary is in French, with advance booking required for the visit. Visitors under eighteen are admitted free of charge.
Mischievous Ghosts in Medieval Montluçon
Mischievous fictional ghosts have left misleading clues in the medieval lanes of Montluçon. Children follow a guide through the old town, listening for help as they work through the trail. Costumes are encouraged for this playful walk, which requires advance booking and is intended for children aged three to ten accompanied by an adult.