Guides to Burgundy
Checked answers to travellers' questions: getting to Beaune, planning your days and understanding the wines.
Burgundy travel & wine guides
23 guides
Beaune or Dijon: where to stay
Distances, hotels, evenings and trains: how to choose between Beaune and Dijon as your base.Bringing Burgundy wine home
Customs allowances by country, wine on planes and trains, shipping costs and what fits in the car.What a private wine tour costs
2026 prices for private and shared wine tours in the Côte d'Or, per car and per person.Burgundy wineries without a car
Trains, the Voie des Vignes, group tours, taxis and private drivers: tasting when nobody drives.Getting to Beaune
Trains, roads and fixed-price transfers to Beaune from Paris, Lyon, Geneva, Dijon and their airports.Switzerland to Burgundy
Distances, trains, tolls, transfers and a two-day wine weekend in Beaune from Geneva, Basel or Zurich.Uber, taxi or private driver in Beaune
Whether ride-hailing works around Beaune and the wine villages, what a taxi or a licensed private driver costs, and who drives when you taste.Beaune in one day
An hour-by-hour day in Beaune's old town, cellars and markets, then the nearby vineyards.
Burgundy day trip from Paris
How to spend a wine day in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune from Paris: the TGV, the driver, the prices and the limits of a single day. · Itineraries · 6 min read
Harvest and truffle season in Burgundy
When the grapes are picked, which cellars still open, how to take part, and truffles until January. · Itineraries · 10 min read
A Burgundy wine day from Lyon
Two ways to spend a day in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits from Lyon, with train times and prices. · Itineraries · 8 min read
Wine tour itineraries from Beaune
Village routes from Beaune for half a day to three days, with timings, tastings and lunch stops. · Itineraries · 7 min read
Burgundy with children
Castles, a medieval building site, Dijon's owl trail and sweet factories: days children enjoy. · Itineraries · 10 min read
A Chablis day trip from Beaune
The drive, the grand cru hillside, where to taste, and the villages and towns to add on the way. · Itineraries · 7 min read
Hospices de Beaune auction weekend 2026
13 to 16 November 2026: the Trois Glorieuses events you can join, and how to get around the town. · Itineraries · 10 min read
The grand crus of Burgundy
Every grand cru from Chambertin to Chablis, from 0.85 hectares to about 100. · Understanding the wine · 10 min read
Burgundy’s grape varieties
Two great grapes, a handful of local ones, and the rules that decide where each may go. · Understanding the wine · 10 min read
Burgundy wine classification
Four levels, 84 appellations and one idea: in Burgundy, the place on the label matters most. · Understanding the wine · 10 min read
The Climats of Burgundy
1,247 named vineyard plots, two historic towns and a World Heritage listing since 2015. · Understanding the wine · 10 min read
Côte de Nuits vs Côte de Beaune
Red heartland or red-and-white? The two halves of the Côte d'Or side by side. · Understanding the wine · 9 min read
Visiting Burgundy’s famous domaines
Which estates receive no one, which by appointment, which open every day, and what to see from the road. · Understanding the wine · 9 min read
Tasting on a Sunday or a Monday
Which cellars, châteaux, museums and restaurants open on Sundays and Mondays around Beaune. · Understanding the wine · 9 min read
Wine tasting in Burgundy
Booking domaines, what tastings cost, how a visit works and how much wine you can take home. · Understanding the wine · 8 min read
Book your wine tour
From €290 per car · 1–4 guests · tolls and parking included