--- title: "Burgundy travel & wine guides" description: "Practical Burgundy guides: getting to Beaune, wine tour itineraries, how tastings work, grand crus and the Climats, by a private driver based in Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/guides lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/guides.png --- # Guides to Burgundy > Checked answers to travellers' questions: getting to Beaune, planning your days and understanding the wines. ## Getting here and around - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay for Burgundy’s wine villages](https://www.cote-privee.com/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: shipping, customs allowances and packing](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/bringing-burgundy-wine-home): Customs allowances by country, wine on planes and trains, shipping costs and what fits in the car. - [How much does a private wine tour in Burgundy cost in 2026?](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-private-wine-tour-cost): 2026 prices for private and shared wine tours in the Côte d'Or, per car and per person. - [Visiting Burgundy wineries without a car: trains, bikes, tours, taxis and private drivers](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wineries-without-a-car): Trains, the Voie des Vignes, group tours, taxis and private drivers: tasting when nobody drives. - [How to get to Beaune from Paris, Lyon, Geneva and Dijon: trains, driving and private transfers](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/getting-to-beaune): Trains, roads and fixed-price transfers to Beaune from Paris, Lyon, Geneva, Dijon and their airports. - [Switzerland to Burgundy: Geneva, Basel and Zurich to Beaune for a wine weekend](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/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: what works, what it costs and when to book](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/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. ## Itineraries - [Beaune in one day: the Hôtel-Dieu, wine cellars, ramparts and an afternoon in the vineyards](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-in-one-day): An hour-by-hour day in Beaune's old town, cellars and markets, then the nearby vineyards. - [A day trip to Burgundy from Paris: TGV to Dijon, a driver for the wine day and the way back](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/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. - [Harvest and truffle season in Burgundy: dates, what you can see and what you can join](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-harvest-and-truffle-season): When the grapes are picked, which cellars still open, how to take part, and truffles until January. - [A Burgundy wine day from Lyon: by train and driver, or door to door](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/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. - [Burgundy wine tour itineraries from Beaune: half a day, one day, two days and three days](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wine-tour-itineraries): Village routes from Beaune for half a day to three days, with timings, tastings and lunch stops. - [Burgundy with children, or without wine: a family day from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-with-children): Castles, a medieval building site, Dijon's owl trail and sweet factories: days children enjoy. - [A Chablis day trip from Beaune: grands crus, the Serein valley, Noyers, Irancy and Saint-Bris](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/chablis-day-trip-from-beaune): The drive, the grand cru hillside, where to taste, and the villages and towns to add on the way. - [The Hospices de Beaune wine auction weekend 2026: programme and how to get around](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/hospices-de-beaune-auction-weekend): 13 to 16 November 2026: the Trois Glorieuses events you can join, and how to get around the town. ## Understanding the wine - [The grand crus of Burgundy: all 33, with village, colour and size](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-grand-crus): Every grand cru from Chambertin to Chablis, from 0.85 hectares to about 100. - [Burgundy’s grape varieties: what grows where, and what each one gives](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-grape-varieties): Two great grapes, a handful of local ones, and the rules that decide where each may go. - [Burgundy wine classification explained: regional, village, premier cru and grand cru](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wine-classification): Four levels, 84 appellations and one idea: in Burgundy, the place on the label matters most. - [The Climats of Burgundy: what UNESCO listed in 2015, and how to see it](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/climats-of-burgundy-unesco): 1,247 named vineyard plots, two historic towns and a World Heritage listing since 2015. - [Côte de Nuits vs Côte de Beaune: how Burgundy’s two great slopes differ](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/cote-de-nuits-vs-cote-de-beaune): Red heartland or red-and-white? The two halves of the Côte d'Or side by side. - [Which famous Burgundy domaines can you visit? Romanée-Conti, the grand names and the houses that receive you](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/famous-burgundy-domaines-you-can-visit): Which estates receive no one, which by appointment, which open every day, and what to see from the road. - [Wine tasting in Burgundy on a Sunday or a Monday: what is open](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/wine-tasting-burgundy-sunday-monday): Which cellars, châteaux, museums and restaurants open on Sundays and Mondays around Beaune. - [How wine tasting works in Burgundy: booking, costs, etiquette, opening days and taking wine home](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/wine-tasting-in-burgundy): Booking domaines, what tastings cost, how a visit works and how much wine you can take home. --- Canonical page: