Trambly offers a range of attractions combining heritage and landscape: the church preserves Late Romanesque features and a Gothic fresco, while A Cloche-Pierres focuses on minerals and fossils. There are also two circular walks with different planning considerations and a leisure area with picnic facilities, boules courts and play equipment. You can tailor your stay to architecture, the heritage trail, a walk or leisure activities.
Church and heritage
Trambly’s church preserves a Late Romanesque apse and bell tower. Both features have been listed in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments since 29 October 1926. The bell tower has a square ground plan and two storeys divided by Lombard bands. A separate cylindrical stair tower stands beside it. The bands structure the bell tower’s storeys, while the stair tower’s cylindrical shape contrasts clearly with the main tower’s square form.
Another artistic highlight is the 14th-century Gothic stone fresco. It depicts a crowned Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. The church thus brings together Late Romanesque architectural features and a Gothic depiction with a clearly identifiable subject. Visitors can take in two distinct aspects of the building: the form of the apse and tower, and the scene shown in the fresco.
A Cloche-Pierres: minerals and fossils
A Cloche-Pierres is a cultural walking trail featuring an exhibition of minerals and fossils in the village streets and in the church. The walk begins at the car park opposite Trambly town hall. The exhibition includes the mineral collection of Père Fargeton, a priest from Trambly with an interest in mineralogy. Its focus differs from the church’s architecture: here, minerals and fossils take centre stage alongside the historic features.
Circular walks and landscape
The signposted Chemin des 2 versants is a 12.3-kilometre circular walk of moderate difficulty. It is suitable for horse riding, hiking and mountain biking. Its length, difficulty level and the three activities listed offer practical criteria for planning, whichever of these activities you choose.
The route passes through heavily wooded areas. La Gotale, the Bois de la Vallée, Présentin and the Bois d’Argaud are considered refuges for roe deer and wild boar. From the ridge, the Chemin des 2 versants offers panoramic views of the foothills of the Beaujolais, the countryside around Trambly and the Clunisois. The wooded areas and views from the ridge thus shape distinct sections of the landscape.
Le tour de la vallée begins and ends at the car park by Trambly’s leisure area. The circular walks therefore offer different starting points for planning your day: the Chemin des 2 versants is defined by its length, moderate difficulty and activities, while Le tour de la vallée starts and finishes at the leisure area. You can plan the walk and the facilities there as separate activities.
Leisure area with a range of facilities
Trambly’s leisure area offers picnic facilities, boules courts and play equipment for children. It also includes the “Agorespace” multisport court, which is open to everyone and suitable for basketball, handball and football. The area brings together activities for different interests, from picnics and boules to play and ball sports. It is a destination in its own right, alongside the church, heritage trail and circular walks.
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See the wider travel guide: Saône-Et-Loire.
