BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTE

The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region is located in the south-eastern quarter of France and has 8 departments. Its capital is Dijon.

The French administrative region brings together the former cultural and historical regions Bourgogne and Franche-Comté.

The distance between Paris and Dijon is : 260 km

 

A land of passage, the region mixes people and ideas.

Brilliant cultural & artistic center in the Middle Ages thanks to the Dukes of Burgundy, it is also the cradle of the monastic orders of Cluny & Cîteaux.

These glorious times today tie the fabric of Burgundy tourism, whose stages remain above all greedy. A reputation due to its top-quality natural products, the imagination of its cordons bleus and its vineyards where the greatest vintages follow one another.

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Country of Louis Pasteur, in the middle of a magnificent nature with tonicity of the mountains of the Jura & the benefits of the thermal tradition... You will fly over the splendid valley of the Doubs, Besançon, Belfort...

 

Also discover vineyards with tasting of original wines or follow the Route des Vieilles Pierre in a horse-drawn carriage or on horseback... or even climb the Jura cliffs, also on the program for dog sled rides in the winter season...

An architecture made up of churches from the 1950s & castles, flown over by an astonishing spectacle of birds of prey...

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MAIN TOWNS

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• Auxerre (Yonne)

• Nevers (Nievre)

• Dijon (Cote d'Or)

• Beaune (Cote d'Or)

• Le Creusot (Saone et Loire)

• Macon (Saone et Loire)

• Vesoul (Haute Saone)

• Besancon (Doubs)

• Lons-le-Saunier (Jura)

• Belfort (Territory of Belfort)

 

 

CURIOSITIES & ESSENTIALS

 

YONNE 

• Discovery of the vineyards and hillsides of Auxerrois

• Discovery of caves

• Wine tasting & oenology initiation

• Visit of the prehistoric park (dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers, cave bears, rhinos… life-size)

• Visit of abbeys…

 

COTE D'OR  

• Discovery of the valley & the coast of Beaune and the vineyards

• Exhibition of a private collection of cars of heads of state

• Visit of the Archeodrome of Burgundy (museum of prehistory)

• Walk at the foot of the cliffs

• Route of the site of Alesia (conquest of Gaul by Caesar)

• Visit of the famous Hospices de Beaune (annual wine auction), visit of the mustard museum of the “Amora” company in Dijon…

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THE MORVAN

• Discovery of the forests & lakes of the Morvan Regional Park…

 

SAONE SUR LOIRE    

• Visit of the Le Creusot eco-museum (history of metallurgy & steel)

 

DOUBT & HAUTE-SAONE

• Walk in Besançon

• Discovery of the Territory of Belfort

• Caves and chasms (9000 in the region)

• House of Louis Pasteur in Dole

• Automaton Museum

• Discovery of old toys at the Château de Fabulys

 

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CULINARY SPECIALTIES

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• Dijon Mustard

• Cabbage soup

• Poached eggs (red wine sauce)

• Marbled ham

• Bresse poultry

• Coq au vin jaune and morels

• Beef Bourguignon & Charolais

• Supreme of pike Dijon style

• Roe Deer Jig in Sauce

• Maconnaise style trout

• stuffed carp

• Burgundy snails

• Trout with almonds

• Crêpes filled with Comté cheese

• Comtoise fondue

• Gougères (Gruyere)

• Cheeses (Époisses, Cîteaux, Crottin de Chavignol, Morbier, Bleu de Gex)

• Vin Jaune (unique in the world, rare, aromas of walnuts, hazelnuts and green almonds)

• Vin de Paille (sweet white wine)

• Wines: Côtes de Nuits (Vougeot, Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits Saint Georges), Côtes de Beaune (Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Chablis, Beaujolais, etc.)

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ACTIVITIES

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• Fly over & mountain bike in vineyards

• Hot air balloon or helicopter flight over the Côte de Beaune and the vineyards

• First flight in microlight and skydiving

• Introduction to hang gliding

• Rock climbing at the foot of the cliffs

• 18-hole golf course

• 4X4 ride

• Dog sled rides

• Escalation

• Sailing and windsurfing on lake Caving 

• Thalassotherapy

• cross-country skiing

• Introduction to oenology

 

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REGIONAL PRODUCTS

 

• Bottles of Chablis

• Groundhog Cherry Basket

• Clay sandstone objects   

• Jar of real Dijon mustard

• Box of Flavigny anise (confectionery)

• Miniature reproduction of a vielle (old musical instrument)

• Earthenware from Salins

• Chocolates 

• Griottines of Fougerolles

• Miniature cars

• Bronze objects

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