Towards the Folin woods, setting off from Bibracte

Start from the car park of the Bibracte Museum, 2 route Jacques-Gabriel Bulliot, 71990 Saint Léger sous Beuvray, 3 km from the village.

(S/E) Leaving the car park, with your back to the Bibracte Museum, take the D18 to the right, pass Le Poirier au Chien then La Bise à l’Âne and Corlon, and arrive at a Fork in the road near the house "Le Pommeret".
(1) Turn right towards Poil. After Vers les Croix, continue straight on, then pass La Chazotte and its cross, keep right at the three-way junction and ignore the sign for Montandé. Ride on until you reach a memorial stone.

(2) Continue, keep right after the stream and arrive at the junction at La Palissade.

(3) Leave the Poil road and continue straight on into the Bois des Gouttes. You will reach the Croix de Meux.

(4) Head straight on, then turn right at the next junction and reach the Château de Pierrefite.

(5) Continue along the road, pass La Forge and arrive at a Fork in the road.

(6) Turn right (north) onto Chemin de Plantelune, then continue straight on at the next junction onto Route de Pétition (D507). Keep going straight on.

(7) Pass through Montvernot and, further on, turn left to reach Pétiton. On your right is the back of Le Beuvray, the hill on which Bibracte stands.

(8) Follow the road (D507) uphill, then continue to the D27.

(9) Follow it to the right as far as Le Puits.

(10) Turn right onto the D18, towards Glux-en-Glenne, then join the D500.

(11) Turn left onto this road, heading towards Glux-en-Glenne. Pass through Anvers and continue straight on until you reach the junction with the D300 in Glux-en-Glenne (accommodation and dining available).

(12) Make a U-turn to the right to enjoy the beautiful view of Le Beuvray and the museum located near the church.

(13) Return to the previous junction.

(12) On your return, continue straight on along the D500 towards Arleuf (on the left is the European Archaeological Research Centre at Bibracte). Pass through Santasse and Les Tourneurs, and continue to Pré du Massé (accommodation available).

(14) Keep heading towards the Route Forestière du Bois du Roi (the Bois du Folin is on the left, marked by a rocket-shaped antenna reminiscent of Tintin) and reach the Col du Haut Folin, the highest point in the Morvan and Burgundy (picnic spot).

(15) Continue on the D500 to the Route Forestière de Préperny (continuation of the D500).

(16) Ignore it and head down towards La Croisette (Route de Saint-Prix). Arrive at the Col de la Croisette junction.

(17) Keep right onto the D179, towards Saint-Prix, until you reach Franay.

(18) There is a view of Montcharmon. Go straight on through the Bois de Rire and stay on the same road until the junction with the D260 at Saint-Prix.

(19) Turn right and follow the D260 towards Glux-en-Glenne. Pass the hamlet of Plein Faîte and continue to the access road to Argentolle.

(20) Continue straight on and, at the hairpin bend on the D260, leave this road and take the small road opposite to the end, where it joins the D300.

(21) Turn left onto it and, at the next junction, turn left again onto the D18, towards Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray. Follow it until you reach the museum car park on the right (S/E).

(2) 1 km away, off the route, in Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, there are pharmacies, bakeries, grocery shops and accommodation.

(16) Off the route, turn left towards Arleuf; 1 km away is the pretty Étang de Préperny, where you can have a picnic.

(19) In Saint-Prix, there are restaurants, brasseries and accommodation.

Accommodation is also available in the villages of Villapourçon, Glux-en-Glenne, Arleuf, Fâchin and Saint-Prix.

All information is available from the local tourist offices.
Grand Autunois Morvan for Saint-Prix and Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray: 03 85 86 80 38.
Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs for Glux-en-Glenne: 03 86 22 82 74.
Rives du Morvan for Larochemillay and Poil: 03 86 30 43 10.

Electric bike hire in Sémelay, at Cyclo Déchaîné: 06 19 81 24 13

(S/E) On Mont Beuvray, at the end of the 2nd century BCE, the Gaulish Aedui people founded Bibracte, their short-lived capital, which served as both the crucible and the tomb of Celtic unity, before being moved a century later to the site of present-day Autun. Set on the mountainside, the Bibracte Museum paints a picture of the oppidum and its era. As well as shedding light on a pivotal chapter in European history, it explains the methods and techniques of archaeology. The archaeological site, set in a lush green setting where the forests are as magnificent as the landscapes, has been the subject of annual excavations since 1984 as part of the European Archaeological Centre.

(12) The source of the Yonne, on the listed site of Mont Préneley, covered by the last great mountain beech forest of the Morvan and also a departmental sensitive area, the Yonne rises in the heart of one of Burgundy’s most remarkable peat bogs. These wetlands, both rich and fragile in terms of biodiversity, allow us to travel back in time through the study of pollen preserved in the peat. Along the discovery trail of the listed site, there are numerous traces of human occupation: contemporary remains of Bibracte, a Roman-era sanctuary, and the dykes of the reservoirs that enabled timber floating.

Near the (16) Étang de Préperny: small in size but exceptional in its biodiversity, it is a true natural gem within the forests of the mountainous Haut Morvan. A footpath allows you to walk around the pond, passing by the bog and then along the dyke. Information boards invite you to contemplate and discover the site’s natural heritage, following in the footsteps of Sylvestre the elf and Noctua the owl.