The best walks and hikes around Saint-Sulpice

The lake of Montrevel-en-Bresse hosts numerous activities and infrastructures on its shore, such as the leisure center La Plaine Tonique, its campsite and its aquatic area, a must-see in the Ain region.

The La Charme manor house in Montrevel-en-Bresse is a beautiful two-story, half-timbered building, which dendrochronology tells us dates precisely to 1497. A representative example of an entire family of earth and wood buildings threatened with extinction simply due to their fragility and little known due to their dispersal, it undoubtedly constitutes, along with the Saracen chimney farms, the most original settlement in Bresse, and as such is an integral part of the irreplaceable national heritage.

True to Bresse architecture, the Domain des Saveurs - Les Planons has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1938. It was built in 1490 and operated until 1992. With its Saracen chimney, vast outbuildings, circulation galleries and spacious courtyard, the farm is a remarkable example of typical Bresse architecture.

Pierre Chanel, a Bressan born on the Potière farm in Cuet, left to bring the Gospel to Oceania. Died a martyr on April 28, 1841 in Poï, on the island of Futuna, he became the Patron of all Oceania. The Cuet sanctuary welcomes pilgrims from here and elsewhere who come to follow in its footsteps. An Oceanian museum adjoins the sanctuary

The La Charme manor in Montrevel-en-Bresse is a beautiful two-story building, built in half-timbered wood, which dendrochronology tells us dates precisely from 1497. A representative example of a whole family of earth and wood buildings threatened with disappearance simply by their fragility and little known because of their dispersion, it undoubtedly constitutes, with the farms with Saracen chimneys, the most original habitat of Bresse, and as such is an integral part of the irreplaceable national heritage.

On the Estate, the prestigious Ferme des Planons has been classified as a Historic Monument since 1938. A JEWEL OF BRESSANE ARCHITECTURE: The faithful reconstruction of the interior of the Farm transports the visitor to 1784 in the life of a peasant family Built in 1490, the Ferme des Planons was operated until 1992 With its Saracen fireplace, its vast outbuildings, its circulation galleries and its spacious courtyard, the Ferme des Planons is a remarkable testimony to the typical architecture of Bresse.

There is a beautiful view of Lake Montrevel-en-Bresse

The "Poype" of St Cyr is quite well preserved, 9 m high for a diameter of about 40 m, it was surrounded by partly filled ditches today and was probably surmounted by a summary construction and must have had a modest palisade. The farmyard seems to have extended over an area of several thousand square meters. In 1970, the archaeological layer yielded various fragments of Roman tiles, pottery, small pieces of iron. These remains attest to an occupation between the 11th and 13th centuries. An explanatory panel is located in front.