Mâcon

The visit of the city of Mâcon takes you to discover the districts of the center, its monuments, its old houses and singular squares... Not to mention the banks of the Saône embellished by the beautiful Lamartine esplanade!

According your desires

• Traditional visit
• Sensory visit

Let yourself be carried away by your senses during this unusual visit to the heart of the city of Mâcon: the charm of its Wooden House which dominates the Place aux Herbes, its traboules which allow you to go from one street to another through the buildings, its many trompe-l'œil, its renowned gastronomy and its romantic Lamartine esplanade.

• In the footsteps of Alphonse de Lamartine in Mâcon

Walk in the footsteps of the famous Alphonse de Lamartine, in the streets of downtown Mâcon. Child of the country, Lamartine marked the spirits and shaped the identity of the city.

Alphonse de Lamartine was born in Mâcon in 1790 and spent all his childhood in the village of Milly. His childhood sweetheart, Elvire, triggers his vocation for letters. Throughout his life, Lamartine will lead simultaneously literary and political careers of the first order.

Withdrawn from political life in 1849 and riddled with debt, Lamartine spent the end of his life in the Mâconnais. He died in Paris in 1869 and rests today in Saint-Point. His main works are Jocelyn, The Fall of an Angel, Graziella and the History of the Girondins.

Duration: 2h