Saint-Pierre-La-Palud: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Saint-Pierre-la-Palud offers the 11-kilometre Sentier du Puits Perret circular trail, with an elevation gain of 420 metres. A landscape interpretation panel opens up a wide panorama of the Monts de Tarare and the Monts du Beaujolais. The trail passes mining relics, including a metal headframe, former miners’ houses and former mining buildings. The Circuit VTT 62 mountain-bike trail also runs near the former Puits Perret mining site; the site operated until 1972.

Anyone choosing Saint-Pierre-la-Palud as a holiday destination will want to rent a holiday apartment.

Nature

La Source Dorée offers an educational visit to a permaculture garden in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud. Every day, self-guided garden visits are possible without a reservation for a contribution of 2 € per person; guided tours with commentary are available by reservation.

Culture

The Musée de la Mine et de la Minéralogie is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. The Musée de la Mine presents the history of mining from 1450 to 1972 and displays a collection of 3,000 minerals. It also offers an approximately one-hour tour of a reconstructed underground gallery.

The bells of the church in Saint-Pierre-la-Palud were cast in 1878 by BURDON AINE of Lyon.

Surroundings

The immediate surroundings of Saint-Pierre-la-Palud include the historic Abbaye Saint-Martin de Savigny site, the ruins of the Abbaye Saint-Martin de Savigny and the Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette monastery.

The surroundings of Saint-Pierre-la-Palud also include the mountains of Chavagny, Mont Pothu Nord, La Liouffe and Le Montu, as well as the Château de Saint-André du Coing.

Further destinations: Francheville, Thurins, La Mulatière, Haute-Rivoire, Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or, Lamure-sur-Azergues, Colombier-Saugnieu, Meyzieu

To the main travel overview: Rhône.