*** The hamlet of Valouze is situated in the commune of Chissey-en-Morvan at an altitude of 480 meters, within a fold of the mountains above the valley of the river Ternin. The Ternin joins with the river Arroux near Autun. The town Autun is twenty kilometers distant and of gallo-roman origin with 16,000 inhabitants. 
The plains of Burgundy closely resemble those of England with fields edged with hedges where the white Charolais graze. The mountainous areas are very suitable for  
sheep farming and forestry. The commune of Chissey is part of the Natural Park of the Morvan where the wild nature of the flora and fauna still exists.  
In October and November in most years mushrooms can be gathered In the Spring, around April and May before the first hay is cut, a walker can discover a multitude of wild flowers including several species of orchids and Lily of the Valley. The summers are never too hot but the winters are cold, with snow. A guide of the ""Circuits de randonneés pedestre"" can be had for free at the epicerie in Chissey-en-Morvan a few kilometers away. On the ridge above Chissey walkers can follow, for several kilometers, the ancient Roman road which leaves Lugdunum (Lyon) and passes by Augustodunum (Autun) and turns North to Boulogne-sur-Mer and England.  
At Mont Beuvray, forty five minutes from Valouze, there is a wonderful museum of Gallo-Roman antiquities. Autun possesses several impressive monuments, including the superb Porte d'Arroux which is a remnant of the Roman fortifications of 2000 years ago. The Rolin museum conserves the wonderful Roman mosaics discovered in the cellars of the old houses in Autun. The little historic towns of Arnay-le-Duc  
is thirty minutes away, Saulieu is twenty minutes distant and within half an hour traveling time there is the chateau of Sully. Dijon, the ancient capital of the Dukes of Burgundy is 70 minutes by road from Valouze and the famous vineyards around Beaune are an hour away.