The Chalon-sur-Saone Ballloon Festival (71 Saone-et-Loire, Burgundy) takes place from 30 May to 1 June 2009.
This event centres around the Cote Chalonnaise as the balloonists are all lodged in with vignerons. The Saturday night flights all start from their respective villages to cover the Cote with colour. We can cater for those who wish to see the morning flights at 0630, Saturday, Sunday & Monday with flasks of coffee and the like for their departure at 0545 and then a proper breakfast, should they wish, on return. The Sunday evening flight is always worth attending with a mass take off from the St Nicolas “prairie”. You’ll be able to watch the colour and pop into the nearby Rue de Strasbourg (Chalon’s restaurant road) for a meal (booking advisable!)
For more info see www.montgolfiades71.com.
For a good B&B within reach of Chalon there is a special offer for FrenchDuck readers from John and Carolyn Scallan who own a B&B at
Sens-sur-Seille, and who can offer visitors tons of advice and knowledge about the region and its wines:-
With the current weakness of the pound against the Euro we’re trying to help those in the UK come here and learn about the Jura especially.
Stay with us for four nights B&B AND have a special meal tasting a variety of different Jura wines on the Monday night. The normal cost would be 278 Euros for two people sharing. As an offer to French Duck readers we’ll reduce the price to 240 Euros. That’s about 15% off. We can arrange for wine tastings at a variety of vignerons, possibly accompany our guests as well. It MAY be possible to act as chauffeur as well to help really enjoy the day.
For more info on the B&B see our property site at http://frenchduck.co.uk/
