Burgundy holiday home, cottage, chalet, apartment, gite, villa, rent, self-catering, France

La Petite Maison

At the centre of Burgundy's vineyards - Mercurey - Rully - Givry - Santenay - Beaune - Meursault - Pommard - St. Aubin - Volnay - Puligny Montrachet

Activities for children and adults

Brian & Isabel Warshaw 71150 Fontaines, Burgundy, France Telephone/Fax: 00 33 (3) 85 91 47 27 Send Email

Swimming There are open-air swimming pools at:

Chagny (9.0km) although no website is available; but the pool is a good size.

Saint Jean de Vaux (9.7km) www.wmoer.com/bourgogne/camping.php

Chalon-sur-Saone (14km), which has three pools www.legrandchalon.fr/133-l-espace-nautique-du-grand-chalon.htm

Adventure Acrogivry offers the adults the opportunity of their children and teenagers participating in the activities, while they enter

the park without payment, www.acrogivry.com.

Parc des Combes has amongst the rides a tourist train, summer luge, alpine coaster, Nautic Jet, carousel, gallop,

déval train, vertingo, Mississippi boats, fossiloscope, and the Tyrolean, www.parcdescombes.com

Laives Aventures has a number of adventure trails through forest and trees, www.laives-aventure.fr

Go-Karting opens every day, and is just 6 kilometres from la Petite Maison at Champforgeuil. Minimum age 7 years.

Animals Touro Parc has a zoo with an amusement park, water activities, and a museum of 30 old style shops and workshops from

the past. The zoo has 800 animals representing 120 different species from all the earth’s regions, www.touroparc.com. Just

past Mâcon, which is the capital of Sâone-et-Loire, is a pretty riverside town, with many restauants.

Just five kilometres from us in the village of Mellecey is a donkey and horse centre. Day-long or half-day rambles through

the countryside on the back of donkey; or go on a half-day tour in a horse-drawn carriage and pair, www.rando-en-ane.fr/

Swimming From the Village of Digoin take a cruise or pilot your own hired boat along the canal latéral à la Loire, over the river via

aquaduct, and into the canal du centre, www.croisiere.fr

Cruise the River Saône on the Delta, a refurbished barge. Operated by two two Englishmen, the history of the riverside

comes to life. Some longer cruises include a meal, www.croisieres-saonoises.fr/index.php?lang=gb

Flying Viewed from the air, Burgundian chateaux, rivers, towns and countryside are a sight you'll remember long after you

have returned home. The hot air balloon was invented by two French brothers. It's an expensive venture; but perfect for an

anniversary celebration. You will be collected and returned to la Petite Maison (by car), www.air-escargot.com.

Tourist circuits of 15, 25, and 40 minutes over the villages of the Chalonaise, Beaune, and the Côte de Nuits in a helicopter.

Based at the Chalon-Champforgeuil airport, it is just 3 kilometres from la Petite Maison,

Nature Not the same as the UK's Eden Centre, this one presents the diversity and richness of the Burgundy countryside through

a series of exhibition rooms, before moving out into the parc, which demonstrates the varieties of landscapes - meadow,

wetlands, and forest, as well as the gardens of the Department. The centre also has a Planetarium with an hour-long

Free broadband WiFi connection available