Natural Crafts Côte-D'Or

It's because bats are our friends - they're frimonish mosquitoes - but also because they are protected that the association «A Child Can Save A Tree» has realized this project supported by the City of Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur: create a space that will allow them to settle and develop there. The village of Bats is located near Acro 'Mania Park on the edge of the wood and when you know that they also love the proximity of the water points, nearby sandlieres are ideal. The Village consists of a dozen "nurseries", where they must reproduce. The 3-star residence reserved for them is perched at 4.5 m high with 70 places to hang up. Realized in a pedagogical spirit in collaboration with the Academy of Applied Arts of Quetigny, the project has taken on a national observatory dimension with thermal camera counts in a partnership with the National Society of Natural History of Autun. A insect hotel has also taken place in this biodiversity site. A thematic walk to begin to discover the communal forest and its many amenities

Do you dream of seeing a deer in the forest, chanterelles under a bed of leaves or climbing up to the treetops? Welcome to Châtillon Forest! This state forest extends integrally on a nearly 9,000 ha, and it is the largest wooded area in Côte d'Or. Part of this hardwood forest will become National Park, just like the one of Vanoise or Cevennes. These woods have a rich and diverse animal population and rare flowers, such as the Lady's slipper or Ligularia sibirica, highly appreciated for their beauty. Walkers have 21 marked circuits on the Châtillonnais, with very different landscapes from one circuit to the other: Cirque de la Coquille, caves, monuments, vineyards, castles, abbeys… Hunting with hounds is possible from September 15th to March 31st. You can attend it as a spectator. Information at the Val des Choues abbey (✆ 03 80 81 01 09).

Since January 1, 2014, Communautés de Communes du Sombernonnais and the Vallée de l'Ouche have merged under the name "Ouche et Montagne". There are now 32 towns and more than 10,500 inhabitants who joined their destiny. Communauté de Communes develops a touristic logistics at the service of visitors in connection with the Conseil Départemental. There are already 5 picnic areas available to tourists along the Burgundy canal and the road bike. Two hiking trails are registered at PDIPR: the trail of Roches d'Orgères in Fleurey-sur-Ouche and the Mâlain trail departing from the village church. Others are under preparation around Pasques, Lantenay, Barbirey and Saint-Victor-sur-Ouche. An area of car-pooling and a service area for camping-car are created close to the A38 and the shops of Velars-sur-Ouche. The CCOM is striving to develop its reception capacities (cottages, guest room...) and to enhance its major tourist sites. It then continues, in connection with the owners of the Gallo-Roman Mâlain excavations (the State and the archaeological Group of Mesmontois), the development of the Mediolanum site for an opening to the public. This site forms with the museum and the castle, which hosts cultural events, a tryptic that deserves a visit.