Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Burgundy: Dijon, Beaune and the Wine Villages
7 days from Paris to Lyon: the TGV to Dijon for two nights, then four nights in Beaune for the Hospices, the Route des Grands Crus, two vineyard walks and a day at Vézelay.
7 days · Paris to Lyon · up to 12 guests
Place Carnot in the centre of Beaune, the trip's four-night base, after dark Photo: Mark Fischer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Place_Carnot,_Beaune,_France.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 7 days, 6 nights
- Start and end
- Paris to Lyon
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Easy
Two vineyard walks of about 4 and 6 km on farm tracks with gentle climbs, town walks on cobbles every day, and the steep main street up the hill at Vézelay. The van follows the walks, so anyone can ride any stretch instead.
- Meals included
- 6 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 1 dinner
- Room of your own
- + CAD 815 (estimated price)
- Season
- April to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- The Hospices de Beaune at its 9 am opening, before the tour groups, with a site guide
- Walking from Chambolle-Musigny to the Château du Clos de Vougeot through the grand cru vines
- Two sit-down tastings with family domaines, one red on the Côte de Nuits, one white in Meursault
- The tombs of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon's Musée des Beaux-Arts, early, and Les Halles on a market morning
- The Pommard to Meursault walk past stone walls and vineyard huts
- Vézelay's Romanesque basilica on its hill, and Châteauneuf-en-Auxois on the way back
- Four nights in one Beaune hotel, with free evenings to eat where you like
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 815 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Paris by TGV to Dijon
Paris airport or hotel to Gare de Lyon, the TGV to Dijon, then the old town on foot
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Dijon
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
Fly into Paris Charles de Gaulle or Orly; most overnight flights from Canada land in the early morning, and you should be on the ground by about 10:30 am.
Afternoon
A driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to Gare de Lyon, where your See Sight Tours guide meets the group with the tickets for the early-afternoon TGV to Dijon, about 1 hour 40 minutes. If you are already in Paris, we collect you from your hotel instead. In Dijon we check in to a central hotel a short walk from the old town, rest for an hour, then take a first slow walk as the light drops: the half-moon Place de la Libération in front of the Palace of the Dukes, the merchants' houses of the rue des Forges, and the small stone owl on the wall of Notre-Dame, which people stroke with the left hand for luck.
Evening
Dinner tonight is together, a welcome meal of Burgundian cooking at a local restaurant, with your guide's plan for the week.
Included
- Transfer from Paris Charles de Gaulle or Orly Airport, or your Paris hotel, to Gare de Lyon
- TGV from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon with your guide
- Evening walk in Dijon's old town: Place de la Libération, the rue des Forges and the owl of Notre-Dame
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Late afternoon free after check-in
Activity: Land in Paris by about 10:30 am to make the group train. Landing later, or want time in Paris first? Book a pre-trip night and we collect you from your Paris hotel.
Dijon: Les Halles and the Palace of the Dukes
Dijon on foot: Les Halles, the old town and the Palace of the Dukes
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Dijon
Dijon was the capital of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy, and its centre is part of the UNESCO-listed Climats of Burgundy.
Morning
We start at Les Halles, the iron-framed covered market, on a market morning, when the stalls sell Époisses cheese, jambon persillé, Bresse chicken and gingerbread, and your guide buys a few things for the group to taste. From there we walk through the old town, stepping inside Notre-Dame de Dijon, a 13th-century Gothic church whose south rose window shows the Last Judgment in 19th-century glass, to the Palace of the Dukes and States of Burgundy. The Musée des Beaux-Arts inside is free to enter, and we go early to the Salle des Gardes and the tombs of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless, ringed by small carved mourners, before the rooms fill.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal near the palace. The afternoon is yours: the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin in the old hospital, the mustard shops of the rue de la Liberté, or a coffee on Place François Rude.
Evening
Dinner is your choice; your guide has a list.
Included
- Les Halles market with tastings
- Guided walk through Dijon's old town, with a stop inside Notre-Dame de Dijon
- The Palace of the Dukes and the tombs of the Dukes in the Musée des Beaux-Arts
- Sit-down lunch in Dijon
Optional experiences
- The guided climb of the Tour Philippe le Bon, 316 steps to the top of the ducal palace tower (price shown at booking)
Easier option: Skip the afternoon and rest at the hotel, a few minutes' walk from the palace.
More active option: Climb the Tour Philippe le Bon for the view over the roofs of glazed tiles to the Côte de Nuits.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 3 km on foot in the morning, mostly flat. The museum closes on Tuesdays, so day 2 never falls on a Tuesday.
The Route des Grands Crus to Beaune
Dijon to Gevrey-Chambertin, a walk from Chambolle-Musigny to Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-Georges, then Beaune
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Beaune
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
We leave Dijon after breakfast on the Route des Grands Crus, the wine road along the foot of the Côte de Nuits. First stop is Gevrey-Chambertin, where the vines of Chambertin and its neighbouring grands crus run right up to the village houses. At Chambolle-Musigny we get out and walk, about 4 km on vineyard tracks past the Musigny grand cru and down to Vougeot, with the van following for anyone who prefers to ride. The Château du Clos de Vougeot stands in a walled vineyard first planted by Cistercian monks from nearby Cîteaux in the 12th century; a local guide shows us the great medieval presses and the cellar. A short drive on, at Vosne-Romanée, a small stone cross marks the edge of Romanée-Conti.
Afternoon
Lunch is a long sit-down meal in Nuits-Saint-Georges. In the afternoon a family domaine on the Côte de Nuits pours its reds and talks through the slope, then we reach Beaune, your base for four nights, by late afternoon.
Included
- Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges on the Route des Grands Crus
- Vineyard walk from Chambolle-Musigny to Vougeot
- Château du Clos de Vougeot with a local guide
- Sit-down lunch in Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Tasting at a family domaine on the Côte de Nuits
Easier option: Ride in the van from Chambolle-Musigny to the château and meet the walkers there.
More active option: Start the walk higher, from the edge of the woods above Chambolle, for a longer loop with views across the Saône plain.
Free time: Evening free in Beaune
Activity: About 4 km of walking on farm tracks with one gentle descent.
The Hospices de Beaune at opening
Beaune on foot: the Hospices, the ramparts and the old town
- Breakfast
- Stay in Beaune
We are at the Hospices de Beaune when the doors open at 9 am, ahead of the tour groups, with a site guide. The Hôtel-Dieu was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins as a hospital for the poor, and it took patients until 1971. Its courtyard roofs are laid in glazed tiles of red, brown, yellow and green. Inside are the Great Hall of the Poor, its curtained beds lined up under a painted timber vault, the old kitchen and pharmacy, and Rogier van der Weyden's Last Judgment altarpiece. The Hospices still owns vineyards, and its wines are sold at a charity auction every November. After the visit your guide walks the group round the ramparts, past the Collégiale Notre-Dame, and through the streets of the wine merchants' houses, whose cellars run under the town.
Afternoon
From late morning the day is free: lunch where you like, a tasting cellar or a rest.
Evening
At about 8 pm your guide meets anyone who wants company on Place Carnot, the square with the carousel, to walk to dinner.
Included
- Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) at opening with a site guide
- Guided walk round Beaune's ramparts, the Collégiale Notre-Dame and the old town
- Evening meet-up with your guide on Place Carnot, for anyone who wants company at dinner (dinner not included)
Optional experiences
- Guided visit of the Moutarderie Fallot, a family mustard mill in Beaune (price shown at booking)
Free time: Afternoon and evening free; the Place Carnot meet-up is optional
Activity: About 3 km on foot, flat, with cobbles in the old town. The 9 am Hospices visit is the only early start of the week; no other day leaves before 8:30 am.
Walking the Côte de Beaune: Pommard to Meursault
Beaune to Pommard, a walk to Volnay and Meursault, then back to Beaune
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Beaune
- Drive about 45 min
Today is the white-wine walk south of Beaune, on the Côte de Beaune. A short drive takes us to Pommard, and from there we walk up through the vines to Volnay and on to Meursault, about 6 km on farm tracks with gentle climbs and long views east over the Saône plain. Your guide reads the landscape as we go: each named plot behind its dry-stone wall is a climat, and the patchwork of more than a thousand of them is what UNESCO listed in 2015. Look out for the cabottes, small stone huts where vineyard workers once sheltered.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Meursault. In the afternoon a family domaine in Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet pours its Chardonnay, setting a village wine beside a premier cru from the same grower so you can taste what the slope does.
Evening
We are back in Beaune by about 4 pm with the evening free. In September the harvest is on, so the lanes are busy and the guide may switch to a domaine that is still open.
Included
- Vineyard walk from Pommard through Volnay to Meursault
- Sit-down lunch in Meursault
- Tasting at a family domaine in Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet
Easier option: Walk only the first stretch, Pommard to Volnay, about 2 km, then ride to Meursault.
More active option: Add the climb to the viewpoint above Volnay before dropping to Meursault, about 8 km in all.
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 6 km on farm tracks with gentle climbs; the van follows the walk.
Vézelay and Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
Beaune to Vézelay, then Châteauneuf-en-Auxois and back to Beaune
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Beaune
- Drive about 4 h
Afternoon
The longest drive of the week, about 280 km and just under four hours in all, split into three stretches with a long lunch in the middle; we take it because Vézelay is the Burgundy of abbeys rather than vines, and few wine trips reach it. We leave Beaune at 8:30 am and cross the Auxois to Vézelay, about 1 hour 50 minutes. The village climbs a single hill to the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, listed by UNESCO with the hill in 1979, where Bernard of Clairvaux preached the Second Crusade in 1146, and a starting point of one of the pilgrim roads to Santiago de Compostela. Over the central door inside, a carved Romanesque tympanum shows Christ sending out the apostles, and the arches of the nave are striped in pale and dark stone. Lunch is a sit-down meal in Vézelay. On the way back, about 1 hour 15 minutes on, we stop at Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, a hilltop village of stone houses around a castle rebuilt in the 15th century, above the Burgundy Canal, about 50 minutes from Beaune.
Evening
We are back in Beaune by about 6 pm for a farewell dinner together.
Included
- Vézelay and the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Vézelay
- Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
- Farewell dinner in Beaune
Easier option: Stay in Beaune for a free day and join the group for the farewell dinner.
More active option: Walk down the old pilgrims' path from the basilica terrace to the valley below Vézelay, about 2 km, and meet the van at the bottom.
Activity: The main street of Vézelay climbs steeply for about 800 m to the basilica, on cobbles.
Beaune to Lyon, or the train to Paris
Beaune to Lyon Part-Dieu and Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, or Beaune station for Paris
- Breakfast
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
After breakfast we drive south on the motorway past Chalon-sur-Saône and the Mâconnais to Lyon, about 160 km and an hour and three quarters, arriving at Lyon Part-Dieu station by about 11:30 am and Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport by about noon. Lyon is an easy place to finish: Saint-Exupéry has direct flights to the main European hubs, and Part-Dieu has fast TGVs to Paris, Marseille and the Alps. If you are flying home from Paris instead, tell us when you book: we drop you at Beaune station in the morning with a ticket for the train to Paris Gare de Lyon, about 2 to 2.5 hours; few trains run direct, so many change at Dijon, and your guide confirms your booked service the day before. From Gare de Lyon it is about an hour to Charles de Gaulle. Staying on?
Evening
Your guide can help you book a night in Lyon. Your guide stays with the group to the station or the airport.
Included
- Drop-off at Lyon Part-Dieu station or Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)
- Or a train ticket from Beaune to Paris Gare de Lyon
Activity: Book a flight from Lyon after about 3 pm, or from Paris Charles de Gaulle after about 4:30 pm.
- Parisstart
- Dijon2 nights
- Beaune4 nights
- Lyonend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: April to June and September to October are the best months for walking the vines. July and August can pass 30 C, so we walk in the morning. In September the harvest is on: busy lanes, pickers in the rows and some domaines closed to visitors.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Wine lovers who want several days in Burgundy, not a night on the way south
- Travellers who like to walk a few kilometres a day through the vineyards, with the van as a back-up
- Food lovers who enjoy markets, long lunches and free evenings to choose a restaurant
- First-timers in France who want the train and transfers from Paris handled
Not for you if you want
- Travellers who want a barge or a cycling holiday
- Step-free access: vineyard tracks, cobbles and Vézelay's steep street
- A fast tour of France: this trip stays in one region all week
- Travellers who want every dinner arranged
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
6 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Dijon2 nights
- Beaune4 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 6 nights in central hotels of at least a 3-star-plus standard: 2 in Dijon's old town and 4 in Beaune inside or beside the ramparts
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
- We name each hotel when we confirm your dates
Transport
- Transfer from Paris Charles de Gaulle or Orly Airport, or your Paris hotel, to Gare de Lyon on day 1
- TGV from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon
- A private air-conditioned minivan and driver for the group from Dijon to the last day
- Drop-off at Lyon Part-Dieu or Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport on day 7, or a train ticket from Beaune to Paris Gare de Lyon
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from Paris Gare de Lyon to the last day
- Local site guides at the Hospices de Beaune and the Château du Clos de Vougeot
Activities
- Dijon: Les Halles market with tastings, the old town walk, the Palace of the Dukes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts
- Côte de Nuits: Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges on the Route des Grands Crus
- Vineyard walk from Chambolle-Musigny to Vougeot
- Château du Clos de Vougeot with a local guide
- Tasting at a family domaine on the Côte de Nuits
- Beaune: the Hospices de Beaune at opening and a guided walk round the ramparts and old town
- Côte de Beaune: vineyard walk from Pommard through Volnay to Meursault
- Tasting at a family domaine in Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet
- Vézelay and the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
- Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
Meals
- 6 breakfasts
- 4 sit-down lunches: Dijon, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Meursault and Vézelay
- 2 dinners: a welcome dinner in Dijon and a farewell dinner in Beaune
- The wines poured at the two domaine tastings
Not included
- International flights to Paris and home from Lyon or Paris
- Travel insurance
- Lunches on days 1, 4 and 7 and dinners on days 2 to 5
- Drinks other than the two domaine tastings
- Optional visits: the Tour Philippe le Bon climb in Dijon and the Moutarderie Fallot in Beaune
- Wine you buy and any shipping
- Tips for your guide and driver
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 815 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
What does the price include?
Six nights in central hotels in Dijon and Beaune, 6 breakfasts, 4 sit-down lunches, a welcome and a farewell dinner, the transfer from your Paris airport or hotel to the train, the TGV to Dijon, a private minivan and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, the Hospices de Beaune and Clos de Vougeot visits, two domaine tastings and the drop-off in Lyon or a train ticket to Paris.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests. That is small enough to sit round one tasting table in a family cellar, to walk the narrow vineyard lanes together and to hear the guide in the Hospices without a headset.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from Paris Gare de Lyon to the last day and leads the walks and the tastings. Local site guides join us at the Hospices de Beaune and the Château du Clos de Vougeot, and winemakers host the two domaine tastings.
How fit do I need to be for the vineyard walks?
Not very. The two walks are about 4 and 6 km on farm tracks with gentle climbs, and the van follows both, so you can ride any stretch. Vézelay's main street is steep for about 800 m. No day leaves before 8:30 am except the 9 am Hospices visit.
I'm travelling solo. What is the single supplement?
A room of your own is from CAD 815 more, about 17 percent of the trip price. We keep it modest because the trip has only two hotels. Solo travellers join the same group, tables and tastings as everyone else; the supplement is shown up front when you request to book.
When is the best time to go to Burgundy?
April to June and September to October are best for walking the vines, with mild days and green or golden vineyards. July and August can pass 30 C, so we walk in the morning. The harvest is usually in September, when the villages are lively but some domaines pause visits.
Can I visit during the harvest or the Hospices wine auction?
If you travel in September, the harvest is usually on, and you will see pickers in the rows; some domaines close to visitors that month and we switch to one that is open. The Hospices de Beaune auction is on the third Sunday of November, outside our dates; a private departure can be built around it.
Do I have to drink a lot of wine?
No. There are two sit-down tastings, each a few small pours, and spitting is normal. Non-drinkers are welcome and the visits, cellars and walks stand on their own. There is no pressure to buy; if you do, many domaines can ship, and your guide explains the duty-free allowance.
How does booking work?
Choose a date and request to book. We confirm your place within 24 hours, and no payment is taken until then. Prices are per person sharing a room, taxes included, and the small group starts from CAD 4,795.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 8,630 per person. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the hotels, train and transfers for you.
Do I need a visa for France?
Not for a holiday if you hold a Canadian, US, UK or Australian passport: you can stay up to 90 days in any 180. Your fingerprints and photo are taken at the border under the EU Entry/Exit System, and the ETIAS travel authorisation was announced for late 2026; check the official EU site before you fly.
Where does the trip start and end?
It starts at a Paris airport or your Paris hotel on the morning of day 1, with a driver to Gare de Lyon and the TGV to Dijon. It ends in Lyon at Part-Dieu station or Saint-Exupéry Airport by about noon on day 7, or with a train from Beaune to Paris if you fly home from there.
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