Castle Villemorien

The region is rich in tourism resources and activities. The tourist office of Bar-sur-Seine will be happy to present them to you and to organize, if you wish, visits (with or without guide) of the different monuments and remarkable sites, as well as tastings in Champagne cellars, cooking workshops ...; it will also show you the addresses of local producers and the resources of restaurants and inns. Full documentation will be available at the Château.

In a very subjective and non-exhaustive way:

Bar-sur-Seine (10 km): charming little town, very well provided with shops and various shops, with a nice old town center. Do not miss: "the renaissance house" at the corner of the Rue de la République. The Tourist Office will inform you about points of interest in the area, the organization of tailor-made visits and tastings in the Champagne Houses of the Côte des Bar.

Avalleur Commandery (5 km): Aube is the cradle of the Knights Templar, and the Avalleur Commandery, recently restored, is a remarkable place.

Essoyes (22 km): A village full of charm where the painter Renoir acquired a house, because his wife was from. The painter has set up his studio there and will come back with his family every summer for more than 30 years. His house is now open to the public.

The Celles-sur-Ource aeroclub (11 km): Rue de la Voie du Bois, 10110 Celles-sur-Ource. The place offers a breathtaking view of the landscape and offers, among other things, a first flight with a flight duration of 30 minutes for 2 people minimum, 3 people maximum per aircraft with possibility to fly both devices at the same time time so 6 people. The duration of 30 minutes allows either to fly over the lakes, or to loop over the valleys of the Laignes, the Seine, and the Ource. The price is 35 € / person.

Chaource (12 km): a beautiful church, a remarkable organ and a burial famous around the world.

Golf de la Cordelière in Chaource (12 km): backed by the forest, and ranked among the most beautiful golf courses in France, the Golf de la Cordeliere, former property of the Counts Chandon de Briailles, runs its 18-hole course on a vast carpet of greenery gently undulating, dotted with water features and old trees. With its par 72 homologated for 5896 meters, the golf of Troyes la Cordelière seduces as much by the diversity and the severity of its natural obstacles as by the magnificence and the softness of its environment. A pleasant nineteenth castle houses the Club House.

The Riceys (16 km): formed of three villages, the city has three churches renaissance, formerly linked to three different bishoprics of Champagne and Burgundy. Ricey Bas, Ricey Haute Rive and Ricey Haut spread out peacefully in the wine valley of Laigne.

Les Riceys is a village of character located in Champagne in the heart of the Côte des Bar. With these 866 hectares of vineyards, it is the only wine-producing commune in Champagne to own the 3 Champenois appellations (A. O.C): Champagne, Coteaux Champenois, Rosé des Riceys.

Troyes (33 km away):

- a perfectly restored pedestrian historical center where you can stroll,

- dozens of churches,

- The House of the Tool and the Worker's Thought: located in a Renaissance-style mansion, the Hôtel de Mauroy, the House of the Tool and Worker's Thought houses a collection of hand-shaping tools from X. VIIIth and XIXth centuries

- the museum of fine arts and archeology of the city of Troyes in Champagne-Ardenne, the museum Saint-Loup, is the main museum of art and archeology of the city with the museum of modern art. It is housed since 1830 in the old abbey Saint-Loup, built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,

- the museum of modern art of Troyes is closed for renovation and its works travel throughout the world for the duration of the works,

- factory outlets (Mc Athur Glen Troyes, Avenues Avenues Troyes ...)

Forest of the Orient - Mesnil Saint-Père (25km): Water sports and swimming

Tanlay Castle (39 km): open to visitors

Castle Maulnes (30 km): an amazing castle of unusual shape. Open to the visit.

Château de la Motte-Tilly (90 km): open to visitors.

Nigloland (37 km): amusement park, open from April to October.