Arbois provides the setting for an excursion that pairs Jura wine culture with the life and work of Louis Pasteur. At Cave de la Reine Jeanne, a listed Gothic cellar associated with a daughter of the Dukes of Burgundy frames a tasting of local wines. Château Pécauld houses the Vine and Wine Museum, where reconstructed vineyards, cellar displays and production methods explain vin jaune, vin de paille and Macvin traditions. The Maison de Louis Pasteur preserves family rooms, furnishings, a billiard table and the scientist’s restored laboratory, linking private life with his research on vaccination and pasteurisation. Together, these visits present Arbois as both the historic capital of Jura wines and a place where medieval architecture, vineyard practice and scientific heritage remain visible.
Tag: guided-tours
Unusual Mâcon Heritage Walk
Mâcon Insolite is a guided heritage walk in the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine programme. Its route includes traboules and interior courtyards, alongside old houses and hôtels particuliers, or private town mansions. Playful and sensory experiences punctuate the exploration of this architectural heritage.
Prestige Cremant and Hospices Tasting
Veuve Ambal’s audio-guided route follows Crémant de Bourgogne from the ageing cellars through production workshops, with screens explaining the house’s history. The visit shows how traditional-method sparkling wine is made, although the production line is not running during the event. A guided tasting follows: three Crémants and three Burgundy wines, including a Hospices de Beaune cuvée.
Champ Bressan Farm Heritage Days
Guided visits open the Ferme du Champ bressan’s farmhouse during the ecomuseum’s special open days. An exhibition of vintage photographs evokes the interwar world of this Bresse home. A workshop devoted to a photographic technique moves from looking at images to working with the process behind them, combining the farm visit with practical image-making.
Plouescat Market Halls Heritage Visit
Breton market halls tell a story of trade and social life at the centre of towns and villages. Architect Lise Lemasson examines their design, history and protection as monuments, taking Plouescat as a particular case. Local volunteer guide Michel Quéré then leads a visit to the town’s hall, extending the lecture into a close look at the building itself.
Saint-Thégonnec and Guimiliau Parish Enclosures
Calvaries, ossuaries, churches and triumphal gateways make up the parish enclosures of Saint-Thégonnec and Guimiliau. The guided visit examines this Breton religious architecture and the stories of faith and wealth expressed in its stonework. Looking closely at the details connects the different monuments within each enclosure and the histories of the two communities.
Guided Walk on the Abers Coast
Balade commentée du littoral follows the mouth of the Aber-Benoît and the Saint-Pabu shoreline. The guided walk explains how abers form, how port activity and navigation shaped the coast, and how goémoniers used seaweed kilns. Flora, fauna and wartime remains add further layers, making the route a compact reading of maritime Brittany and its working shore.
“11h55 au Beffroi” Flash Visit
The flash visit around “11h55 au Beffroi” links a compact exhibition with Concarneau’s belfry, one of the city’s strongest heritage markers. A guide frames the building through the Ville Close, the Maison du Patrimoine and the Logis des Gardes. The format is brief, but the subject is precise: civic architecture, fortified-town memory and the visual story built around the belfry.
Secrets of Saint-Michel Chapel
Les Amis de Carnac focus on the Saint-Michel chapel, a landmark above the town’s ancient burial mound. Cyrille Chaigneau traces the building’s past, the stories attached to the hill and the details usually kept behind closed doors. The visit also highlights a mural by Breton artist Alice Pasco, turning a familiar silhouette into a more precise piece of Carnac memory.
Écomusée Maison Michaud Guided Visit
Maison Michaud’s tuyé farmhouse preserves the working life of Haut-Doubs farmers through a collection of two thousand objects. Guided visits explain how households adapted their architecture and everyday practices to long mountain winters. Stories of border markers, smuggling and the Resistance connect this domestic world with the Franco-Swiss frontier.