--- title: "Cité de la Gastronomie et du Vin, Dijon: Visit and Tastings" description: "Opened in 2022 in a hospital founded in 1204: free access, paid exhibitions and wine tasting workshops. Allow 2 to 3 hours, driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cite-gastronomie-vin-dijon lang: en updated: 2026-09-30 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/cite-gastronomie-vin-dijon.png --- # International City of Gastronomy and Wine (Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin) > International City of Gastronomy and Wine: Burgundy's showcase of French food and wine, set in a hospital founded in 1204. International City of Gastronomy and Wine is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 43 min by road (47 km) from Beaune. Allow 2 to 3 hours · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin opened in 2022 in Dijon's former general hospital. It celebrates the gastronomic meal of the French, listed by UNESCO in 2010, and the Climats of Burgundy. Entry to the site is free, with exhibitions, tasting workshops, cooking classes, food shops and restaurants. ## Key facts - Type: Food makers - Where: Dijon · Côte-d'Or - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3169, 5.0294 - 43 min from Beaune - Allow 2 to 3 hours - Dijon - Official website: [citedelagastronomie-dijon.fr](https://www.citedelagastronomie-dijon.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 43 min · 47 km - €120 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 43 min by road (47 km), €120 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History In 1204 Duke Eudes III of Burgundy founded the Hospital of the Holy Spirit at the gates of Dijon, on an island in the river Ouche. It took in abandoned children and pilgrims. Over the centuries it grew into the city's largest hospital, known from 1669 as the general hospital. Its chapel of Sainte-Croix de Jérusalem was built in 1459. The last patients and staff left for the new university hospital in 2015. After a ten-year conversion project, the listed buildings were restored and joined by new ones, and the Cité opened in 2022. It stands at the start of the Route des Grands Crus, the wine road that runs south from Dijon toward Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaune. Its address, Parvis de l'Unesco, recalls the two UNESCO listings it celebrates. ## What you will see Wander freely through the courtyards and the Village gastronomique, with its cheese counter, mustard bar, bakery and restaurants. The main exhibition, À la table des Français, explores French eating and drinking over 1,750 square metres. In the old chapel, the Chapelle des Climats et des terroirs uses projections to explain Burgundy's vineyards. The Burgundy wine school runs tasting workshops, and Le 1204 explains Dijon's architecture free of charge. ## Planning your visit Access to the site and to the permanent exhibitions is free, with a free ticket from the desk or online. The temporary exhibition and the workshops are paid. Tasting workshops are best booked ahead. The Cité is about ten minutes' walk from Dijon station and has its own car park. Several shops and restaurants have closed or changed since the opening, so check the official website for opening times and what is running. ## Did you know? The Cité's chapel belongs to a hospital that cared for people on this site for more than 800 years, from its founding in 1204 until the last patients left in 2015. ## Around International City of Gastronomy and Wine What to combine with International City of Gastronomy and Wine on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (1 km away): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (6 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (9 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard) (2 km away): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 3 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (6 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Arquebuse Botanical Garden (Jardin de l’Arquebuse)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/jardin-de-l-arquebuse), 1 km away: A botanical garden, natural history museum and planetarium beside Dijon station. - [Saint-Philibert Church, Dijon (Église Saint-Philibert)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-philibert), 1 km away: Dijon's only Romanesque church, once the winegrowers' parish, now closed for a long restoration. - [Saint-Bénigne Cathedral, Dijon (Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cathedrale-saint-benigne), 1 km away: A Gothic abbey church turned cathedral, above a round crypt from around the year 1000. ### Restaurants - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (1 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion - [Origine](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/origine-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Lameloise-trained Japanese chef cooking Burgundy's seasons on place Wilson ### Events - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) - **Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon des Vignerons Indépendants de Bourgogne et du Jura](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-vignerons-independants-dijon): Some sixty independent growers from Burgundy and the Jura pour and sell their wines in Dijon. (Wine festival · Dijon) - **Saturday 31 October – Wednesday 11 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foire internationale et gastronomique de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foire-gastronomique-dijon): Burgundy's great food fair, held every autumn in Dijon since 1921. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of January.** · [Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/feeries-de-noel-dijon): Chalets, vin chaud, an ice rink and a big wheel across the heart of Dijon. (Christmas · Dijon) - **Usually from late November to early December.** · [Les Nuits d’Orient et d’ailleurs](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/nuits-d-orient-et-d-ailleurs-dijon): Dijon's winter festival of music, dance and art from the Orient and beyond. (Culture · Dijon) - **Each year on the weekend after the Saint-Vincent Tournante, usually a Saturday in late January or early February.** · [Saint-Vincent de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-de-dijon): Dijon honours the patron saint of winegrowers with a parade and a tasting village. (Tradition · Dijon) - **Usually a weekend in early June.** · [Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/grand-prix-age-d-or-dijon-prenois): France's oldest historic motor racing meeting, on the hills just outside Dijon. (Sport · Prenois) - **Every Sunday from late June to late September.** · [Le Brunch des Halles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/brunch-des-halles-dijon): Summer Sunday brunches cooked by local chefs under Dijon's iron market hall. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Every two years, in even-numbered years; recent editions were held in early July. The next is expected in 2028.** · [Les Fêtes de la Vigne de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-de-la-vigne-dijon): Dijon's international folk festival, born in 1946 and held every two years. (Culture · Dijon) - **Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Golden Coast Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/golden-coast-festival-dijon): Three days of French and international rap in a park on the edge of Dijon. (Music · Dijon) - **Usually a Sunday in mid September.** · [Vélotour Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/velotour-dijon): A playful bike ride through Dijon that opens places normally closed to cyclists. (Sport · Dijon) - **Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage Days.** · [Fête de la Pressée](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-pressee-chenove): The dukes' giant wine presses come back to life in Chenôve's old village. (Tradition · Chenôve) - **Usually the last days of September and the first days of October.** · [Tribu Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/tribu-festival-dijon): Dijon's festival of world music, jazz and adventurous sounds, at the turn of October. (Music · Dijon) ### Guides about International City of Gastronomy and Wine - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay) ## Questions about International City of Gastronomy and Wine ### How far is International City of Gastronomy and Wine from Beaune? International City of Gastronomy and Wine is about 43 min from Beaune by road (47 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to International City of Gastronomy and Wine take? For the visit, allow 2 to 3 hours. ### When is International City of Gastronomy and Wine open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (citedelagastronomie-dijon.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to International City of Gastronomy and Wine? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:citegastronomie): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: