Discovering the yonne department

Discover towns and cities to visit in the yonne department.

Stroll in the eyne valley  3 examples of stroll easy to consume, without moderation… Self-directional discoveries Two stroll to only make or in family thanks to topo conceived like a play of track. Small 35 minute old course in the village, accessible even in poussette! and a large course of 1h30 to admire the panoramas from the ski resort of Eyne. 8 questions throughout the way give access to the Keys of the Valley and a small contest to gain your fixed price of ski of the next winter… Valley of Eyne One afternoon in the valley of Eyne proves to be an enchantment. One walks on peacefully in a true natural garden. Known botanists since the XVIIIe century and classified natural reserve since 1993, the valley of Eyne is of very particular interest. Its fame is justified by the diversity of the mediums met and the number of rare species, in fauna as in flora. The Natural Reserve publishes topo guides path of interpretation. One learns how there to recognize the various species, to feel them, touch them, sometimes even to taste them. An amazement for the directions. On sale at the House of the Valley.

Ethnobotanical garden  At the House of the Valley of Eyne, you will visit a garden ethnobotanic! Located on the site of the old vegetable garden of the farm, it emphasizes today the indigenous species of the Valley recognized since of the centuries by the botanists, as well as species brought of all Catalan Pyrenees. You will be able to thus familiarize you with the large variety of the local plants of edible, toxic and medicinal species, but also in knowing more about the éthnobotanie, such as it was developed with the wire of the centuries by our old…

Exhibitions  - “Keys of the Valley”, a gravitational presentation of the Natural Reserve of the Valley of Eyne. This old glaciated valley culminates to 2.850 Mr. It shelters more than 500 often rare vegetable species and of many animals like isards, stags, roe-deers, foxes, martens or marmots. - Documentary “Pyrenean Biodiversity” realized by the Transpyrenean Network the Alive Pyrenees. This multi-media Presentation recalls the diversity of the landscapes throughout this wild fontière with her flora and its exceptional fauna. Sounds and images to discover or rediscover while being filled with wonder… - “The Durable Development, Why” only 16% of French know what means the durable development. In 22 posters for small and large, this expo presents the environmental and social stakes in incentive at the respect of the diversity of the men and the richness natural. For better including/understanding, in family, the stakes of our Ground… A expo of the photographer Yann ARTHUS-BERTRAND, in collaboration with the Ministries for Ecology and National Education. Free and free entry. Paying guided tours on request.

Natural reserve of the eyne valley  The Valley of the Flowers With June to September, the valley covers flowers. Botanists considered there cross eminent entomologists. Leave, you also with discovered of the five hundred species of plants, the thirty-two species of bumblebees, but also of the black milans, circaètes and large-dukes, martens and roe-deers. - Strolls archaeological Buckle of 2 a.m. 30 at the beginning of the village for pleasant strolls prehistoric. Indeed, the territory of the commune would be inhabited since nearly 6.000 years, and the walk, through delicious mountain lanes, is marked out dolmens, menhirs and various temporary habitats of another time. Topo of strolls on sale at the House of the Valley.