Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire - Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire

Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire is a community in French Department Loiret, Region Center-Val de Loire.

background

The community was founded by her around the year 640 Benedictine Abbey famous, which contains the bones of the founder of the order Benedict of Nursia should be located.

getting there

By plane

Paris airports are best. You can continue to Orléans by train.

By train

From Paris (Gare d'Austerlitz) you can get there with the Intercité in 1:10 hours Orleans. The Gare de Saint-Benoît - Saint-Aignan station on the Orléans - Gien line has not been served since 1939.

By bus

In the street

Out Paris either via the motorway Autoroute A71 (L'Aquitaine) to exit 14, further on the D 2060 to the east, or via the Autoroute A6 to exit 13 (toll-free up to here) or exit 14 and continue via département roads. A fast route takes the Autobahn from Germany Metz, Châlons-en-Champagne, Troyes, Sens and Montargis to exit 6 of the Autoroute A19, then continue on the D 975 and the D 2060.

By boat

Saint-Benoît is located on the Loire, which in this section of the river is only navigable for small boats.

By bicycle

The community is on [[1]] Loire cycle pathwhich changes downstream in Sully-sur-Loire from the left bank to the right bank of the Loire.

mobility

The community is easy to walk through. Parking on the road to the abbey (avenue de l'Abbaye).

Tourist Attractions

• The main attraction is that Benedictine Abbey (originally Fleury), one of the major works of the Romanesque in France.
• Next to it is the one just a few kilometers away Germigny-des-Près church culture-conscious visitors.

activities

shop

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

The offer in the small community is limited. Further accommodation options in Sully-sur-Loire.

• La Madeleine, 65 rue Orléanaise, 45730 Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Tel.: 33238357115. Price: double room 61-67 EUR, breakfast 9 EUR.last change: Jul. 2019

• Hotel du Labrador, 7 place de l'Abbaye, 45730 Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Tel.: 33238357438. Price: double 80 EUR.last change: Jul. 2019

health

Practical advice

The abbey is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., except on the first Friday of the month.

trips

• The Carolingian Church of Germigny-des-Prés, originally laid out as a central building, with its mosaic from the year 806 lies 5.5 km down the Loire.
• The Castle of Sully-sur-Loire, 9 km up the Loire, on the other bank.

literature

Web links

• http://www.saint-benoit-sur-loire.fr - Official website of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire
• [2] Val de Sully