Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne France
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CroisiEurope (17 Cruises)
MS Déborah
17 Cruises
| 31 March | 6 days | One-way from Paris City to Sens-Yonne |
| 31 March | 7 days | One-way from Paris City to Sens-Yonne |
| 2 June | 7 days | One-way from Sens-Yonne to Paris City |
| 2 June | 6 days | One-way from Sens-Yonne to Paris City |
| 14 July | 6 days | One-way from Sens-Yonne to Paris City |
| 14 July | 7 days | One-way from Sens-Yonne to Paris City |
Frequently Asked Questions
At the foot of the medieval town of Moret-sur-Loing, on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest. Everything begins a few minutes from the river landing.
The Impressionist painter depicted this landscape more than four hundred times. He spent his last years here, died in 1899 and lies in the communal cemetery, a few streets from his final studio.
Yes. A trail marked with reproductions lets you compare the canvases with the real viewpoints: Notre-Dame church, which he painted fourteen times in every light, the bridge, the banks and the poplars.
A rare ensemble: two fortified gates facing each other at either end of the main street, a keep, stretches of rampart and half-timbered houses leaning over the lanes. Moret was a royal stronghold under Philip Augustus, the Capetian bolt against neighbouring Burgundy.
The town takes two hours on foot, riverbanks included. The old bridge gives the classic view of the mills and the church, best in the morning. The banks of the Orvanne and the canal extend the walk.
Begun in the 12th century, it blends Early and Flamboyant Gothic beneath an imposing chevet. It is the building Sisley returned to again and again across hours and seasons.
It is a sweet made here since 1638, whose exact recipe the Benedictine nuns long kept to themselves. The amber drops are still sold in illustrated metal tins: the ideal souvenir weighs a hundred golden grams.
Yes, a small museum in the Provencher mill tells the story of this four-century confection. A local brotherhood upholds the tradition during the town's festivals.
Tradition places his stay in a house on rue Grande, one night in March 1815, on his return from Elba. Rue Grande is the single axis running between the two fortified gates.
Yes, the Fontainebleau forest borders the commune and the royal château is about ten kilometres away. It is an excursion in itself: on a short call, choose between the château and the medieval town.
