Guided week Bike Tour in France, Burgundy wine region

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Monday - Bike ride from Dijon to Chateauneuf en Auxois
1 stop
1
DAY 1 Arrival in Dijon – Bike trip to Châteauneuf-en-Auxois ~44 kms [+445-220] You will be welcome in Dijon by your guide. He will give you your equipped bike, will explain the itinerary, answer your questions. Leave your luggage (we take care of them each day)!). Just follow your guide! You leave Dijon via the lac Kir, then follow the cycle path along the Canal de Bourgogne. This canal leads you from one village to the other, from one lock house to the other, through the Auxois hills. You will arrive at the end of the day in the village of Châteauneuf-en-Auxois. ➔ Pack lunch ➔ Night in a double room or Single room and dinner in a restaurant of the village ➔ Possibility of staying in Dijon the night before
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Tuesday – Bike ride from Chateauneuf en Auxois to Chassey Le Camp
1 stop
2
DAY 2 Châteauneuf-en-Auxois – Chassey-le-Camp ~55 Kms [+500 -700] You will start your day with a nice slope, to cross the Canal de Bourgogne, and to get into the beautiful countryside of Auxois, in the middle of farms and nice countryside houses. It is an itinerary full of changes of scenery we propose to you this day, until the little town of Nolay, and its impressive market building next to church. From Nolay, you will follow the nice cycling path using a former railway. Arrival at Chassey-le-Camp at the heart of the small valley. ➔ Visit and wine tasting on the way ➔ Pack lunch ➔ Night in a double room or single room in ½ board
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Wednesday Bike ride from Chassey Le Camp to Beaune
1 stop
3
Chassey-le Camp – Beaune ~29 Kms [+250 -347] You leave Chassey-le-Camp and the quietness of the countryside to get into the ‘Côte de Beaune’ giving one of the better white wine in the world as Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. Keep going following the green way, you will continue in the direction of Beaune passing by Meursault and Pommard. Arrival in Beaune at the end of the day. ➔ Visit and wine tasting on the way ➔ Pack lunch ➔ Night in a double room or Single room ➔ Dinner in a restaurant in town
Admission ticket free
Day 4
Thursday Bike ride from Beaune to Dijon
2 stops
4
Today is a special day as you will be cycling through some of Burgundy’s best-known winemaking areas including Pommard, Meursault, and Puligny-Montrachet. Further on, you may wish to stop by Montrachet, which produces what many consider to be the best white dry wine in the world! Finally you arrive in the provincial market town of Chagny – you spend the night in nearby Chassey Le Camp. Dinner is included in the hotel’s restaurant tonight. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Admission ticket free
5
Beaune à Dijon 53 kms [+425 -400] You leave Beaune using the green way, leading you very quickly to Savigny-les-Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses ans Aloxe-Corton, the last appellations of Côte de Beaune. Then, you get into the Côte de Nuits, the land of the greatest red wine appellations. You will cross Nuits-st-Georges, then, Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot and the famous château du Clos de Vougeot. You will then cross Gevrey-Chambertin, and keep going to Dijon, the town of the hundred belltowers. ➔ Visit of Château du Clos de Vougeot ➔ Pack lunch ➔ Night in a double room or Single room ➔ Dinner in a restaurant in town
Admission ticket free
Day 5
Friday Departure
1 stop
6
Dijon
After breakfast, we say you good bye and see you soon !
1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• LEVEL 2, easy to moderate

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