On our second day at Beaujolais, we did a long trek of 16 km. Each village in the region has a number of marked trekking routes. On a random choice, we elected the village of Quincié. Largely because it had a trekking route with the romantic name 'Route of the three chateaus'. We landed up at Qinicié early morning (we had stayed the night in a wayside inn in the nearby village of Fleurie). It took a bit of time figuring out the starting point of the trek. It was some way outside the village. It started off at a gentle slope winding through vineyards on the hillsides. There were workers harvesting the old-fashioned way (not using harvesters as in the last post)...
Vineyards on the way out...
A cute ancient abandoned tractor on the way
Panaromic view of the vineyards around Quincié. Click to enlarge.
Workers harvesting
Then a steep climb up a hill, through a pleasant forest.
A cross on the hill, at the summit
Horse farm on the way down
The second chateau (somehow we missed the first one). We talked to the proprietor of this chateau. It is over 300 years old. He owns all the vineyards you see around it. He was hard at work harvesting with his hired workers.
An ancient vineyard workers cottage
The third chateau - an abandoned one, that is being restored by its owner.
Pictures of Quincé, where we started and ended our hike
Vineyards on the way out...
A cross on the hill, at the summit
Pictures of Quincé, where we started and ended our hike
