The House at Le Gros Chigy

The House at Le Gros Chigy has been many things and supported and sheltered many people.offers you the the perfect base from which to explore and enjoy Southern Bourgogne.

• you will be just 16 km from Cluny, the centre of Christianity in medievil Europe, only 14 km from the opulent Cormatin Chateau built in the 17th Century by Marquises of Huxelles to display his power and 15 km from Taise one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage.
• you will discover your favourites sources of all the great food and wine of Bourgogne from the 3 star Lameloise in Chagny to the unpretentious Cafe La Gladie in ?? focussing on frogs legs and charolaise steaks.
• You will learn more at museums from Beaujolais wines at the Le Hameau Duboeuf with its to the stunning coverer age of all aspects of winemaking to the life of monks 
• You can buy those presents you need at Artisinal Gallery at La Filaterie the old mill in Cormatin or from Joël et Maryse Dedianne at Miniatures Bois in wood which are quite unbelievable.
• you will find the exercise that meets what you want from a stroll around the safe streets of Le Gros Chigy, speed along the Voies vertes on cycle or skates to the survival skills needed to conquer Acrogivry-l'Aventure en Forêt at Givry

PICTURESQUE BURGUNDY
The mill at nearby Salornay sur Guye

After a busy day, build your days from these delights in the evening while relaxing under the cherry trees with a cool juice, local beer or cremant de Bourgogne. your view in the perfect quite of Gros Chigy is of a wide vista of rolling fields with Charolais slowly making their way home towards the chateau.

The large traditional Bourgogne house has been modified to offer four bedrooms with two bathrooms. The house is furnished comfortably with a focus on local furniture of previous decades and bright colours that reflect the surroundings.

With Internet, local tv channels, mod cons except a dishwasher and a big garden you will be able to enjoy your rest.

The house on a 1300 m2 property is on the edge of Le Gros Chigy near Cluny, it's the quiet and rural surroundings that you will remember. The house looks over Charolais pastures to the hill above Cluny in the far distance and over a few houses some 500m away to the medieval Chateau of Le Gros Chigy some 500 m away.

BURGUNDY VIEWS
The view from the downstairs bedroons

The house, which can accommodate up to 8 people, is available for Euro 130 a day with a minimum cost of Euro 520. We do have the house listed on Flip Key, Rural France, airbnb, Holiday Lettings and Perfect Places but you can email us using this link to make a booking or get more information.

As you will have understood this is not 5 star rural boutique hotel but a warm, peaceful, spiritual and welcoming house with a stunning view of the Bourgogne countryside and all the comfort you need

Click here to see pictures of the surroundings of the house or here to see pictures of the interior. All photographs on the site are by ChigyTweeter and are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

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BURGUBY AUTUMS
The Gros Chigy Chateau on an autumn day - from the main bedroom

Detailed Description of The House at Le Gros Chigy

The main living area comprises living and dining areas in a large room the runs the width of the house. Double doors open onto an uncovered terrace which runs down into a small cherry orchard with 5 Cherry trees, planted in the 70s, that bear beautiful cherries and provide relieving shade on hot summers days.

The level up from the main living area houses 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a toilet in recently completed areas under the roof.

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The level down from the living area houses a bedroom, bathroom and toilet while further down is the kitchen and main bedroom both of which are well above ground level. At ground level there are a cellar, a "summer kitchen" and a utility area which houses the oil burner for hot water and central heating.

• Main Bedroom - double bed, wardrobe and two bedside tables
• Joel's Room - single bed and child's desk
• Blue Bedroom - double bed, cupboard, bedside tables and lights
• Yellow Bedroom - double bed, cupboard, towel rack and bedside tables
• Upstairs Bathroom - bath, pottery handbasin, floor standing mirror and electric towel dryer and heater
• Downstairs Bathroom - shower and washing machine
• Living area - 16 place extendable dinning room table, 3 piece leather lounge suite, desk large CRT TV and small screen LCD TV
• Kitchen - large fridge, bar fridge, 4 burner gas stove with oven
• Garden - two garden tables, 12 garden chairs and 2 deck chairs

All rooms are fitted with shutters and curtains. You will have access to the fuel oil based hot water and central heating. These services, as well as water and electricity will be free of charge up to a reasonable base use after which you will pay for the quantities you use.

Where Is The House?

The house is on one of the seven nameless roads of Chigy. It turns into a track at the upper corner of the property and is closed some 400m further. The house is situated at 46.500964°N 4.556709°E and in the heart of Burgundy.

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While its not the objective to list all you can do in the area ( click here for the site's Things To Do page or use links to the right), these are a few quite well known towns/villages in the area:

14 km from Cormatin with a well restored Chateau

15 km from Taize the popular multi denominational religious village

16 km from the ancient religous history in Cluny

24 km from Brancion a medieval village on a hilltop

43 km from Macon situated in the Maconnaise Wine area

32 km to Montceau Les Mines where France's high speed train the TGV is built

105 km to Lyon which houses the closest international airport

Access to major towns is not a problem with TGV stations at Macon and Montceau and the distances not being too large. The distance of these towns from The House at Le Gros Chigy are

186 km to Geneva

392 km to Paris

571 km to Nice

But you are more likely to be coming to Le Gros Chigy for a more relaxed holiday visiting the countryside, villages and towns of the region to soak up the life.

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