Arcenant: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Culture and History

The Site gallo-romain de l'Écartelot includes a sanctuary. From Arcenant, the site can be reached via a 3 km-long heritage trail; a 400 m-long marked footpath leads there from the car park on the D18.

The Eglise Saint-Martin in Arcenant features grotesque representations and an equestrian statue, “la Charité de Saint Martin”, and is classified as a Cluniac site. Its late-19th-century sanctuary is completely decorated with unusually rare wall frescoes. The nave, dating from the mid-19th century, bears marks left by the compagnons.

The Prieuré d'Arcenant was founded in 1188 by monks from the Abbey of Saint-Vivant, which was subordinate to the mother abbey of Cluny. The buildings of the Prieuré visible today date from 1724. Guided tours with commentary convey the history of the site and its role in the region’s monastic and wine-growing organisation.

The former maquis from the Second World War period in the communal forest of Arcenant is marked by a memorial plaque.

Renting a holiday apartment in Arcenant can be part of your travel planning.

Nature

The Trou du Duc is a classified site with a small cave measuring 8 m × 40 m at the summit of a limestone cliff. It can be reached via a short path from the D25 departmental road and offers a beautiful view over the valley.

Hiking

The Le Trou du Duc hiking route from Arcenant is 9.07 km long, takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, has 329 m of positive elevation gain, and is rated as moderate in difficulty.

Cuisine

Since 2025, the culinary route “La Route du Cassis” has run from Dijon via the Hautes-Côtes and Arcenant to Nuits-Saint-Georges, offering opportunities to meet local producers.

Two liqueur producers in Arcenant process their own products and harvests directly into liqueurs and preserves.

Other places: Boncourt-le-Bois, Saint-Philibert, Maligny, Bligny-lès-Beaune, Sombernon, Lamarche-Sur-Saône, Saulon-La-Rue, Créancey

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