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Activities in the region (by theme)

The Soye forest house is located in Lorraine, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at the south-eastern tip of the so-called ""botte"" representing the department. We therefore find ourselves at the crossroads of 3 other departments: Moselle, Vosges (Lorraine) and Bas-Rhin (Alsace).

Our community of communes of Vezouze in Piedmont has 51 communes and is part of the Pays du Lunévillois.
 

What are you coming to our region to do or see?

 

CULTURAL OUTINGS

A REGION LOADED WITH A HEAVY HISTORICAL HERITAGE

 

The Gallo-Roman era

- Roman road from the Roule-Bacon forest to Raon les Leau,

- Ascent to the Donon temple

- Archaeological site of the Guillaume Cross in Saint-Quirin

- Gallo-Roman remains in Tarquimpol

The Middle Age

Abbey of Saint-Sauveur

Castles in Meurthe-et-Moselle : Blamont castle, Pierre Percée castle, Tour des Voués in Baccarat...

Castles in South Moselle : Lutzelbourg, Rocher de Dabo, Tarquimpol, Fénétang, Bourdonnay, Phalsbourg, Niederstinzel, Baerenthal...

The 18th century

- Lunéville Castle,

- Château de Gerbéviller,

- Abbé Grégoire museum and its 13 stained glass windows,

- Chagall's stained glass windows in Sarrebourg

The industrial era

- glass and crystal: Crystal Manufacture museum in Baccarat ; Lehrer crystal factory (demonstration of crystal blowers and engravers) in Arzviller; Chagall's stained glass windows in Sarrebourg

- earthenware and ceramics: earthenware museum in Lunéville, ceramic museum-workshop-boutique in Badonviller

- textiles: textile museum - former Val-et-Châtillon cotton factory; embroidery museum in Lunéville

- wood: hydraulic sawmills Machet ; de la Hallière

- transport: the lock keeper valley ; the Arzviller inclined plane ; the little Abreschviller train

- the book village in Fontenoy-la-Joute

The war of 1914-1918

- bunker trails on the ridges of the Celles-sur-Plaine valley up to Donon (see IGN map available from us); Shelter of the Crown Prince in Embermenil

- interpretation and documentation center : museum and guided hikes on the memory trails (former front and underground war at the Col de la Chapelotte, stones engraved by the Americans and German observatories on the sites of Coquin, Pain de Sucre, etc.). .)

 

NATURE OUTINGS

- La Maison de la Forêt , 500m from us: EVENTS IN SEASON (wood festival, edible plants, deer bellowing, etc.)

- trout fishing at the Abreschviller fish farm ;

at the Val-et-Chatillon pond, at the Pierre Percée lake, on the Vezouze. etc... with your fishing license

- Park of the Holy Cross in Rhodes

- numerous hikes in the forest, around ponds, around the Pierre-Percée lake, in the mountains (first reliefs of the Vosges), ...: see below

- parks and gardens : park of the castle of Lunéville, gardens of the Abbot in Lunéville, park Michaut in Baccarat, park and gardens of the castle of Gerbéviller...

- The land of ponds : Lindre/Tarquimpol ponds, Stock pond, Gondrexange pond, Lévêque pond in Sarrebourg... + EVENTS IN SEASON


SPORTING ACTIVITIES

- swimming pools: Center parc in Attigny, swimming pool and leisure pool in Sarrebourg; Aqualune swimming pool with heated outdoor pool in Lunéville

- water activities : canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding at Pierre Percée lake; pedal boat, kayak, towed buoy at Lac de la Plaine in Celles-sur-Plaine; kayak trips supervised by a leader from the French Canoe-Kayak Federation on the Marne-Rhine canal

- numerous hikes on foot or mountain bike in Donon , along the Marne-Rhine canal , in our first Vosges massifs around Pierre Percée, in Donon (Celles-sur-Plaine valley), in our forests (many Vosgien Club markings including 7 circuits departing from us )

- rental of electrically assisted mountain bikes at the Maison de la forêt, 500m from us

- boat rental on the Marne-Rhine canal

- horseback riding: horse farm in Pexonne; La Vigne equestrian center in Cirey-sur-Vezouze + EQUESTRIAN SHOWS

- summer swimming: Abreschviller pond, Walscheid lake, Saint-Quirin lake, Plaine lake in Celles-sur-Plaine, Lévêque pond in Sarrebourg
 

EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, COURSES

The land of ponds: exhibitions, shows, festivals, outings ALL YEAR ROUND

La Maison de la Forêt : exhibitions, shows, festivals, outings from APRIL to OCTOBER

Woodworking training center: La Croisée Découverte in Reillon: courses for all, furniture making
 

EVENTS

La Vigne equestrian center, Cirey-sur-Vezouze: equestrian shows every summer

Maison de la Forêt, Saint-Sauveur: activities and nature outings from April to October (see program

Every year in July, several open-air theater performances: The nights of Angomont

Festi'Mout, sheep festival every summer in Réchicourt-le-Château