The spring-summer program of guided tours is available with more pep, newness and dates!
A new colorful program!
This year, the program is getting a makeover! A colorful cover appeals to the visitor. Indeed, illustrations, created by Clément Barbé, highlight the sites, products or specialties of the region offered for the visit.
Behind this pretty cover, a rich and varied program is offered to visitors.
The guided tour program in figures
- 83 proposed dates from April to August,
- 42 visits,
- 19 novelties,
- 4 themes: cultural visits, company visits, gourmet visits, visits to art artisans.
A complete program around 4 themes:
- Cultural visits: The heritage program combines visits to Roanne and its
different neighborhoods, visits to Villages of Character but also the visits of
more unknown sites or villages, - Visits to producers: Gastronomy is the discovery of our products and our producers with, for example, chocolate and Bertrand Chocolatier, cheeses and cold meats with Farmers’ Delights.
New 2024 : Roannais Tourisme sets up a meeting every Thursday from July 11 to August 29 at 18 p.m., for Winegrowers Meetings ! The concept: a privileged visit to discover our AOC Côte Roannaise wines and the new Forez-Roannais Wine Route establishment.
- Visits to artisans: Artisans open their workshops to share the passion for their profession and their renowned know-how. For example, Julian Perez, artistic ironworker, the Hat Museum in Roanne or even Upholsterer Didier Chaux are all new features in the program.
- Company visits: Roanne companies showcase their professions through exclusive visits. For example: the Fontrey foundry in Commelle-Vernay, The Fabrikathé, blenders of teas and infusions or even the Mons cheese dairy, cheese refiner reveal their know-how within their premises
19 new features on the program
The spring-summer program is full of new features with 19 new partners offering unique tours from April to August.
Company visits
Firstly, Roannais Tourisme placed emphasis on the development of business visits. Indeed, they always arouse real interest among our visitors. 8 companies joined the program in 2024, such as:
- Fontrey in Commelle-Vernay, cast iron foundry,
- Henitex International in Riorges, Custom textile products,
- Roanne Airport in St-Léger-sur-Roanne,
- Fablab in Roanne, space for creativity,
- TMC Thioller in Riorges, making materials,
- Mons cheese dairy in St-Haon-le-Châtel, cheese refining,
- itech in Roanne, textile department of the Itech-Lyon school,
- Cardelaine in St-Just-en-Chevalet, mattress creator.
From Rodumna to Roanne
To satisfy both tourists and locals, and create a real meeting point, 1-hour tours of the old center of Roanne will be offered. They will therefore take place on Tuesdays from mid-July to the end of August at 10:30 a.m. (except August 13).
Visitors will thus be able to discover the remains of the Gallo-Roman past of the city which blends harmoniously with the contemporary dynamism of Roanne.
A launch press conference
To launch this new program, a press conference took place on Thursday March 28. Every year, the meeting place changes according to what's new, it is indeed important to highlight the unique visits. For 2024, it took place with a new partner from Roanne, Julien Perez, an artistic ironworker in Roanne.
After the presentation of the program, the themes of the visits and the new features, the journalists were then able to benefit from a demonstration of the know-how of one of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, Julien Perez.
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Julien Perez © Roannais Tourisme ![]()
Demonstration of artistic ironwork © Roannais Tourisme
A few days before this press conference, we were interviewed by the local radio RVR to present this new program. A meeting with Béatrice Bonnamour for an interview!
