France - Burgundy (PDF Chapter)
This is the Burgundy chapter from Lonely Planet’s France guidebook.
Burgundy (Bourgogne in French) offers some of France’s most gorgeous countryside: rolling green hills dotted with mustard fields and medieval villages. Two great French passions, wine and food, come together here in a particularly enticing way.
- sample Burgundy’s most renowned vintages in Beaune, heart of the vine-carpeted Côte d’Or
- maps
- bask in the glory of the Burgundy dukes on the medieval streets of Dijon, the region’s capi-tal
- transport
- watch the mist rise off the river and the sun peek over the medieval battlements of multi-turreted Noyers-sur-Serein
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Côte d’Or, Dijon, Côte d’Or Vineyards, Pays d’Auxois, Yonne, Auxerre, La Puisaye, Chablis, Tonnerre, Noyers-sur-Serein, Avallon, Vézelay, Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan, Saône-et-Loire, Autun, Tournus, Cluny, Mâcon.
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