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Self-guided
walking tour across the Burgundy, famous wine area in France.
With a road book, you will walk through well-known vineyards,
from Puligny Montrachet to Gevrey chambertin. You also will
have a private guided historic tour in Beaune including the
famous Hospices.
You will enjoy the evening in charming hotels** and hotel***
and excellent dinners in restaurants.
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Day 1 : Arrival in Beaune
Welcome to Burgundy! Our Trip Manager will meet with you at your hotel or
our office in Dijon and go over your week and your trip package with you,
before your included gastronomic dinner in Beaune. Bon Appetit!
Day 2 : Beaune to Puligny-Montrachet 15 km
Your walk leaves from the centre of Beaune and quickly takes you out into
the vineyards, on small roads and paths. You are heading south, into the
Cote de Beaune, where great reds are made, but whose fame is based more on
the fabulous Burgundian
Chardonnays. Your walk is partly in the sea of vineyards, partly through
small villages that seem untouched by time, and partly in the forest paths
just above the slopes of vines. At the end of the day your charming Bed and
Breakfast in Puligny awaits you; home to the best Chardonnay white wines in
the world; dinner included tonight.
Day 3 : Nolay to Puligny Montrachet via La Rochepot 16 km
Today’s walk offers you slightly more challenging walking, but also some of
the most spectacular views. A short transfer takes you to the town of Nolay,
with its covered market square and flea market shops. Pass the beautifully
restored 14th century Chateau de la Rochepot, perched on a cliffside. Stop
for some lunch, and then continue through Gamay, and descend back into
Puligny-Montrachet via the great Grand Cru vineyards. You’ll taste some of
the wines from Puligny over your winetasting dinner tonight, at the famous
Domaine of Olivier Leflaive, in the centre of town.
Day 4 : The Hautes Cotes to Beaune 12 km
A short transfer this morning leaves you again up high. Your first view
opportunity on today’s walk is a stunner: the “Pas St. Martin, was
apparently where Saint Martin took a leap off the Cliffside as he was
fleeing a dragon; legend has it that you can see his footprint in the stony
path, but you may not notice it as you soak in the view. Continue along
trails through forest and via a 14th century Benedictine rest home before
arriving in the vineyards just above Beaune.
Day 5 : Beaune
After a relaxing breakfast, you’ll be ready for your private historical
tour, including the renowned Hospices de Beaune, an astounding medieval
building, built by the Chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy, to buy his ticket
into heaven. Free time in Beaune
awaits you after that, to explore other sites, the many cobblestoned
streets, enticing boutiques, and cafés of the town. To help, we give you
notes for a self-guided walking tour of the historical centre.
Day 6 : Gevrey Chambertin and the Route des Grands Crus 13 km
A transfer north this morning, to just above the village of Gevrey
Chambertin. From there you have a beautiful walk, partly in the forest and
cassis-growing scrub of the Hautes Cotes de Nuits, and partly along the
“Route des Grands Crus”, a route which
follows some of the greatest wine names in the world: all the great red
Grand Crus of the Cotes de Nuits. You pass the most expensive of them all:
Romanee Conti, Richebourg, La Tache… as well as the impressive Cistercian
Chateau de Clos de Vougeot, Chambolle Musigny, and into Nuits St. Georges
for your final night.
Day 7 : Departure
After your breakfast, we will transfer you back up to Dijon – Bon Voyage!!
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Walking Tour
in Burgundy
