Eaux-Puiseaux: Church Art, Cider and Rural Heritage

Eaux-Puiseaux offers several points of interest: church architecture and stained glass, rural cultural heritage, cider and the Circuit des Vergers. The attractions range from cultural and historical themes to a gravel and mountain biking circuit.

Eglise d'Eaux-Puiseaux: Architecture and Stained Glass

The Eglise d'Eaux-Puiseaux was built between 1853 and 1864 on the colline des Trots between Eaux and Puiseaux. Its contemporary stained-glass windows were created by Flavie Vincent-Petit in 2014–2015 and take as their theme the origin of the world, “La Création.” Here you encounter two clearly distinct periods: the 19th-century church building and a more recent artistic design. The church can be opened by arrangement through the municipality. If you would like to see the windows in person, ask the municipality in advance about opening the church.

Rural Life and the History of Cider

The Écomusée de la Valentaine presents old hand tools and motorized tools, and recreates an earlier one-room dwelling as well as rural life around 1900 and before. Work tools are displayed alongside a reconstructed domestic setting, drawing attention both to tools and to living conditions and ways of life.

The Musée du cidre at La Ferme d’Hotte offers a different perspective on agricultural heritage. Old presses, stills and crushers illustrate the collection; the museum also traces three centuries of cider history. Unlike the Écomusée, which combines tools with domestic life, this museum focuses on cider, the equipment associated with it and its history.

Products and Orchards at Ferme d’Hotte

Ferme d’Hotte produces apple juice, cider and ratafia, and offers tastings of these products. There is also a short walk through apple and pear orchards. This offers two different ways to explore the subject of fruit: the products at a tasting and the orchards on a walk. Outside seasonal opening hours, the Musée du Cidre du Pays d'Othe and the Ferme d'Hotte farm shop are accessible by appointment.

The Circuit des Vergers

The Circuit des Vergers is an easy 18 km gravel and mountain biking circuit with 361 m of elevation gain; its stated duration is 2 hours 30 minutes. It starts at the Chapelle St Joseph, crosses a cereal-growing plain and enters the Forêt d’Othe along its limestone slopes. The plain and the limestone slopes give the route contrasting landscape views. The stated duration provides a concrete timeframe for planning the ride.

The themes offer clearly different ways to choose what to focus on: the Eglise highlights architecture and stained glass, the Écomusée tools and rural life, and the Musée du cidre cider-making equipment and the history of cider. The Circuit des Vergers is a separate cycling option, with its distance, elevation gain and duration specified. This lets you weigh cultural themes against a quantified outdoor activity.

Discover more destinations: Vougrey, Barberey-Aux-Moines, Landreville, Bligny, Noë-Les-Mallets, Auxon, Les Granges, Channes.

For the broader travel overview: Aube.