La Cité de l'abeille

  • Honey products
  • Chocolate
  • Biscuits
  • Producer
  • Route des métiers du Livradois-Forez

    Route des métiers du Livradois-Forez
Le Champet, 63250 Viscomtat

Description

Honey and honey-based delicacies to enjoy in our bakery or to take away. A guided tour accompanied by an apiarist will allow you to discover the world of bees.
As professional beekeepers for 40 years, we welcome visitors to our site both to purchase our products and to tour our facilities and hives. The worker bees in this small, family-friendly, and welcoming community gather mountain honey from within a 25-kilometer radius, some of which is used to make specialty items such as chocolate, nougat, honey bread, spreads, sorbets, and pastries. The apple juice served as a refreshment comes from the orchard, whose flowers benefit from visits by pollinating bees. A guided tour led by the beekeeper—featuring glass-fronted hives, a slideshow, a museum of antique hives, the honey house, and the opening of a live hive—lets you learn “everything” about bees, honey, and beekeeping! A shelter, as well as a playground and picnic area, are available for visitors. Tours in July and August at 4:00 p.m. and on weekends by appointment. Outside of July and August: tours are also available by appointment at any time. By appointment, we offer a workshop on beeswax: shaping wax “From Mummy to Candle.”  See our website for a detailed schedule of our activities: www.lacitedelabeille.fr. The 16th Insect Festival will take place on August 20, 21, and 22, 2026, with the ant and the guitar as guests of honor. Facilities: a picnic shelter that can accommodate 50 people.
  • Tips
    We can ship our products via LaPoste. Products are also available on the cagette.net website (for more details, visit http://www.lacitedelabeille.fr/).

Services

Activity
Children's entertainment
Product tasting
Temporary exhibition
Botanical
Fauna - flora
Gastronomy
Agricultural
Bee-keeping
Arts
Discovery
Environment

Services offered

Quality standards

Quality standards
Valeurs Parc Naturel RégionalValeurs Parc Naturel Régional

Accessibility

Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities

Rates

From 30 June 2026 to 12 September 2026

From 30 June 2026 to 12 September 2026
AdultStudents or unemployed: €5. Adult groups: €5 per person; one free admission for every 10 people.
From €5.00 to €6.00

ChildGroups of children: €5 per person; one free admission for every 10 people.
€5.00

Limited number of seats available.

Payment methods

CheckCheck
CashCash
Local currencyLocal currency

Groups (Max capacity)

Groups (Max capacity)
  • 16 Maximum number of people

Openings

From 30 June 2026 until 12 September 2026 - Closed on saturday, on sunday
Tours at 4:00 p.m. by appointment; limited space (other times available by appointment).
Other times of the year by appointment.
Open year-round for product sales (by appointment).

Location

La Cité de l'abeille
  • Route des métiers du Livradois-Forez

    Route des métiers du Livradois-Forez
Le Champet, 63250 Viscomtat

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • English
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • In the country
  • Mountain location
  • Isolated
  • On a farm or small holding
Updated on 26 March 2026 at 13:36
by Maison du Tourisme du Livradois-Forez
(Offer identifier : 886592)
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