Tournon ndi Tain-Hermermitage ndi mizinda iwiri yokongola ya France kumbali zonse za Rhône River. Mizinda iwiriyi ndi yokongola kwa alendo onse, makamaka omwe amasangalala ndi chokoleti ndi vinyo. Mizinda iwiriyi ndi yaying'ono ndipo imagwirizanitsidwa ndi mlatho, kotero ndi kosavuta kuwona zonse pamene mtsinje wanu umayambira ku Tain-l'Hermitage.
Ndinapita kumadzulo amapita mumtsinje wa SS Catherine wa Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection. Sitima yapamwambayi imayenda ulendo wa masiku asanu ndi limodzi wa " Burgundy & Provence " pakati pa Avignon ndi Lyon. Ulendowu umaphatikizapo tsiku ku Tournon ndi Tain-l'Hermitage. Mitsinje ingapo yodutsa m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Rhône River panyanja ya kum'mwera kwa France imaphatikizaponso kuima pamatawuni awiri okongolawa.
Tiyeni tiyende kuzungulira Tournon ndi Tain-l'Hermitage.
The SS Catherine anadutsa pa Tain-l'Hermitage mbali ya Rhône River paulendo wathu, koma mizinda iwiri ili ndi malo ozungulira nyanja zombo. Mizinda iwiri ili pafupi kwambiri moti malo alibe kanthu.
Tinasangalala ndi mitengo yabwino kwambiri ya ndege yomwe imayendera mtsinje wa mtsinje. Ulendo wathu unali kumapeto kwa March, kotero mitengoyo imakhala yosabala, koma idzaponyedwa kunja ndikukongola kwambiri m'chaka ndi chilimwe.
Kuyendayenda kuchokera ku SS Catherine kunadutsa ku Tain-l'Hermitage kupita ku shopu ya Valrhona Chocolate, tinadutsa panyumba yokongolayi ndi tchalitchi chaching'ono. Mtunda wochokera ku sitima kupita ku ditolo ya Valrhona Chokoleti unali ochepa chabe.
Cité du Chocolat, Valrhona ndi malo osungiramo zosungiramo zamatabwa komanso chokoleti, komanso imakhala ndi mawonetsero ophika komanso mawonetsero othandizira pa chokoleti. Tonsefe timasangalala kwambiri kuyang'ana mtsogoleriyo kuti apange mousses wa mdima wa mdima ndi mkaka panthawi yake. Fakitale ya chokokoleti ili pa malo omwewo, koma sanali kupezeka paulendo.
Aliyense mu gulu lathu nayenso ankakonda kwambiri zitsanzo zonse zomwe zimapezeka kuti zilawe ndi kugula m'sitolo.
Nyumba yaikulu yotchedwa Tournon yomwe inali pakati pazaka za m'ma 1400 inamangidwa pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1400 ndi 1600 ndipo tsopano ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Alendo ena pa SS Catherine adayang'ana mozama pa nsanja yaikulu, pamene ife tonse tinapita ku Cité du Chocolat, Valrhona ndipo kenaka tinalowa limodzi ku minda ya kunja yomwe inayang'ana mtsinjewo.
Ulendo umene unali m'mphepete mwa Rhône River, nyumbayi inali yotetezeka kwambiri m'tawuniyi kuyambira mtsinje ndi m'madera oyandikana nawo amatha kuona bwino kuchokera pamwamba pa nyumbayo. Lerolino nyumbayiyi imachitira alendo ake malingaliro apamwamba a malo omwewo.
Zithunzi zinayi zotsatirazi zidatengedwa kuchokera ku nyumbayi pamene tinali kusangalala ndi vinyo wa vinyo wamba. Kulawa kwa vinyo kunathandizidwa ndi abale awiri a vinyo - Saint Joseph ndi Crozes-Hermitage.
Mawonedwe a madigiri 360 ochokera ku Tournon Castle ndi ochititsa chidwi ndipo amayenera kukwera. Onjezerani tsiku lachisanu ndi dzuwa ndi galasi la vinyo wamba, ndipo ndizosaiŵalika. Chimodzi mwa nsanja zakale zomwe zimateteza tawuniyi zimawoneka kumbuyo.
Anthu omwe amakonda kuyenda akhoza kutenga Njira ya Towerskapena Sentier des Tours . Njirayi ndi gawo la National Trail GR 42 ndipo imapereka kuyang'ana kwa nsanja zina komanso Tournon ndi Rhône River m'munsimu.
Mpingo wa Collegiate wa Saint Julien ukulamulira mzinda wawung'ono wa Tournon. Dera laling'ono liri lotetezedwa bwino, ndi mapiri okhala ndi nsanja mbali imodzi ndi Rhône River pambali inayo.
Iyi ndi imodzi mwa nsanja zambiri zomwe zimayendetsa mapiri pamwamba pa mtsinje pafupi ndi Tournon. Oyendayenda amatha kuyang'anitsitsa nsanja zochokera ku Tournon Sentier des Tours (Path of the Towers).
Tsiku lathu ku Tournon ndi Tain-Hermermitage linatha mofulumira kwambiri. Titachoka ku Towernon Castle Museum, tinadutsa pa mlathowu kupita ku SS Catherine , yomwe inkafika ku Tain-l'Hermiage.