Virey-le-Grand: Vacation Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Virey-le-Grand VG1 circular hiking trail begins in Virey-le-Grand. The route is 10.2 kilometers long, easy, and takes about two hours. It leads through an area clearly shaped by nature and agriculture, with old cultural heritage influenced, among other things, by Burgundian stone, as well as walls, wall remnants, and several wayside shrines.

Renting a vacation apartment in Virey-le-Grand is one possible way of planning a trip to the area.

Nature and Trails

More recent landscape features in Virey-le-Grand include the municipal forest with its discovery trail, the 1.5-hectare Étang de Gravalou with a small walking path alongside its recreational lake, and the pond on Rue du Petit Virey. Fishing is permitted there for residents of Virey-le-Grand; each resident may invite one person to fish.

The “Du canal du centre à la Saône” route continues to Virey-le-Grand along a safe, shaded towpath.

Culture and History

The present-day Église de l’Immaculée Conception in Virey-le-Grand is a three-aisled neo-Romanesque church. It was built in 1859 according to plans by the architect André Berthier, replacing an older church building. It was inaugurated in 1860, and its altars were consecrated in 1861.

The Musée Nicéphore Niépce, a museum, is located in the vicinity of Virey-le-Grand. The Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Chalon-sur-Saône and the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Maizières are also nearby; both are historic sites.

Regional Surroundings

In the wider surroundings of Virey-le-Grand, wet meadows, the banks of the Saône, floodplain forests, and country lanes alternate across the Saône plain of Grand Chalon; the landscape is suitable for hiking and cycling. Château de La Rochepot, a castle, is located in the wider regional surroundings of Virey-le-Grand.

Other places: Frangy-en-Bresse, Saint-Léger-Sous-La-Bussière, Serley, Trambly, Solutré-Pouilly, Fuissé, Mont, Ozolles

To the higher-level travel overview: Saône-Et-Loire.