Saône-et-Loire. “The Rock of Solutré is a bit like the Eiffel Tower of the Mâconnais”

Despite the heat beginning to become stifling in Place Saint-Pierre in Mâcon on Wednesday, August 13, around 9:30 a.m., which was the day of all temperature records in the department, tourists are rushing to take their places on board a small electric train parked in front of the tourist office. "We're full," proclaims the driver, Benoit Madec.

Martine (70 years old) and Gérard (74 years old) Poiseau have reserved their place to show the Solutré Rock to their grandson, Jules (14 years old), who lives in Ardèche. "We know the Solutré Rock," say the retirees from Mâcon. "Last year, with friends, we set off one summer day at 4 a.m. to watch the sunrise at the summit after a ten-minute climb."

After a stop at the Épinoches and Cerisaie retirement homes where 26 people were waiting, residents and also seniors invited by the...

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