Escorted Rail Tours to Mâcon
The centre of Burgundy's wine industry
Enjoying an attractive location close to the Beaujolais hills,
Mâcon is Burgundy's southernmost town and a major name in the local
wine trade. The town grew initially as a communications post
between the French Kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire. Mâcon then
thrived and became wealthy thanks to customs dues on this border.
By the late Middle Ages the town was making considerable use of the
extensive vineyards surrounding it, and continued to prosper as a
result of this.
Today Mâcon attracts a number of tourists wishing to visit
the Wine Road of Mâconnais, which celebrates the town's history and
rich architectural heritage, of course in addition to its
internationally-renowned wines. The vast majority of wines made
here come from the Chardonnay grape, and as such almost all of the
wines are white.
Impeccable organisation from start to finish. Our Tour Manager, Caroline Bryan, was delightful, friendly and unflappable and was on all shore excursions to look after us. The ship, 'Amadeus Provence' was new and immaculate, wonderful staff, superb food and entertainment. Our ports of call were all fascinating and the good weather was a bonus - as was the fact that we went from and back to St Pancras, with no airports. This was my second river cruise (Danube last year) and I have already booked another for the Garonne and Dordogne next year. Great Rail are the tops!