Cluny-Macon-Tournus
Cluny
The Clunt region
(Clunisois)
Thematic Visits
Exhibition Rooms
and Art Galleries
Holiday ideas
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The thematic routes for are in progress

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Gourmet visits

Discovery of the wines and commented wine-tasting

Au Plaisir dit vin
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 9.30 am to 12.15 and 2.30 to 7.15 pm and Sunday morning from 10 to 12.30.

For a group from 8 to 20 people:

You may book a commented wine tasting “aperitif” of 2 regional wines with local goat cheese, from 7 to 8 pm, for 10 € per person.

You may carry on with a dinner of 5 courses and 5 wines from 8 to 10.30 pm at a restaurant in Cluny for 38 € per person.

19, rue Mercière 71 250 CLUNY
Tel : 03 85 59 16 29
Contribution : between 5 and 10 €

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Abbey cellar
Visit on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday morning : 90 - 12.30 am / 2.30 - 7.00 pm
13, rue municipale 71 250 CLUNY
Tel : 03 85 59 04 00 - Fax : 03 85 59 31 26
www.cellier-abbaye.com
Contribution: 5 €
And the others thematic visits :

Guided tours of the abbey and museum

Opening hours :
Low season from 1st September to 30 April: 9:30 a.m.-12h00/1:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
High season from 2 May to 31 August: 9:30 a.m.- 6:30 p.m. without interruption.
Special visit family (told visit): in August, every Thursday with 10:45 am and 15.45. pm
   
Admission fees :
Admission fee per person: 6,10 €
Admission fee for groups (more than 20 people): 5.10 € per person
Reduced admission fee, per person: 4.10 €
Schools groups
16/09 - 15/03: 15 €
16/03 - 15/09: 30.50 €
   
Details :
For tours in foreign languages and for groups,
please ring 03 85 59 15 93 – fax: 03 85 59 82 00.
Adress: Centre des monuments nationaux
Abbaye de Cluny - Palais Jean de bourbon - 71 250 Cluny
   
  Free visits, or guided tours and fixed times, daily (excepting 01/01, 01/05, 01/11, 11/11 and 25/12).
Length of the guided tour: approx. 1 hour


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Guided tours of the Hôtel Dieu

Opening hours :
1/06 - 30/09, guided tours on Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
1/10 - 31/05, guided tours on Saturdays at 2:30 p.m.
Free visit of the chapel all year 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. while services are not in progress.
For groups of more than 10 people, please make an appointment.
   
Admission fees :
Adults: 2.50 €
Free for children under 16
Groups: 1.60 €
   
Details :
Hôtel-Dieu
BP 27 - 71 250 CLUNY
Tel: 03 85 59 59 59/ 03 85 59 14 87 - Fax: 03 85 59 59 99.

For groups: Conference tours and educational activities

Conference tour (French, English, German, Dutch)
The Centre des monuments nationaux offers a programme of activities for all publics (tourists, associations, young people, etc.), encompassing most of the heritage of Cluny: the abbey, the Museum of Art and Archaeology and the mediaeval town.
You can also book a guide who will offer you various possibilities for discovering Cluny.
A written confirmation is requested for a firm booking.

Educational activities
The educational department of the Centre des monuments nationaux proposes the discovery of the abbey, the Museum of Art and Archaeology and the mediaeval town.
Tours and manual workshops are organised on various themes. The workshops are always accompanied by a half-hour discovery tour of Cluny. They are held over a half day or a full day, or for periods ranging from 2 to 5 days, in the form of heritage-classes. These can be adapted to school programmes after discussion with the teacher.

Examples of themes proposed:
- Mediaeval town: making of a town map
- Calligraphy: discovery of illumination and the art of writing
- Reading sculpture: capitals and mediaeval images
- Mediaeval painting: the fresco technique

Contact : cultural activities service, public service and educational activities.
Tél : 03 85 59 89 93 - Fax : 03 85 59 02 65
Mail : virginie.goutayer@monuments-nationaux.fr
Adress : Centre des monuments nationaux
Abbaye de Cluny - Palais Jean de bourbon - 71 250 Cluny.

The National Stud  
Opening hours :

Until October 15: Closed Monday and Saturday.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: guided tours with 11.00 a.m, 3.00 p.m and 5.00 p.m
Sunday: 11.00 a.m, 2.00 p.m, 3.30 p.m and 5.00 p.m.
After this period to get information near the stud farm: 03 85 59 85 00

   
Admission fees :
adults : 5€ 12-17 years old : 3€ 4- 11 years old : 2€
   
Details :
Mobil phone : 06 22 94 52 69 - Fax :03 85 59 24 54
haras.cluny@haras-nationaux.fr
www.haras-nationaux.fr
visites.cluny@haras-nationaux.fr
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Free Visit

 

The Tour des Fromages (Cheese Tower)
Opening hours :

January, February, March, November, December:
10 a.m.- 12.30, 2.30 p.m.-5 p.m. Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
April: 10 a.m. - 12.30, 2 p.m. - 6.45 p.m. Closed on Sundays.
May, June: 10 a.m. - 12.30, 2:30 p.m. - 6.45 p.m. daily.
July-August: 10 a.m.- 6.45 p.m. daily.
September: 10 a.m.-12.30, 2 p.m.- 6.45 p.m. daily.
October: 10 a.m.-12.30, 2.30 p.m.-6 p.m. Closed on Sundays.
Closed on 1 st and 2 January, 1 st May, 1 st and 11 November, 25 and 26 December

   
Admission fees :

Adults: 1,85 €
Children over 12 and groups: 0.80 €
Free for children under 12 accompanied by an adults

   
Details :
Tourist Office
Tel: 03 85 59 05 34
Fax: 03 85 59 06 95
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Chapel of the hôtel Dieu

Free visit of the chapel all year from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. while services are not in progress.
Groups of more than 10 people, please make an appointment
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