Cycling Highlight
Recommended by 68 out of 76 cyclists
Location: Berzé-Le-Châtel, Mâcon, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Berzé is a family-owned castle, built by the ancestors of the current owners to protect the Abbey of Cluny. It dominates a magnificent panorama over the vineyards of the Solutré valley. Built between the 11th and 15th centuries around its Carolingian chapel, the castle retains its entire defensive system, thirteen towers including two keep, its impressive entrance castle and its medieval halls.
This makes it the largest and best preserved fortress in Burgundy.
The castle is made up of three ring walls. Each houses various gardens, orchards and vegetable gardens, as well as a French garden with box trees, statues, hornbeams and large yews cut like chess pieces. From the terraces, there is a magnificent view of the Lamartinien valley with its vineyards in the background.
December 15, 2024
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Location: Berzé-Le-Châtel, Mâcon, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
5.0
(3)
31
01:11
19.5km
140m
4.7
(96)
707
02:41
44.6km
330m
4.8
(28)
148
04:35
72.1km
670m