Chalon-sur-Saône

City located on the Saône river and once a busy port acting as a distribution point for local wines which were sent up and down the Saône river and the Canal du Centre. Chalon-sur-Saône is a good base for visiting local vineyards. It is also where in 1826 Nicéphore Niépce first managed to fix an image that was captured with a camera and there is a photographic museum named after him.