Burgundy Wine Trails and Green Ways

Itinerary Details

1. Day 1Arrive in Beaune

   Arriving in the wine capital, the city of Beaune, you have a little time to explore this city and some of its treasures including the Hotel Dieu (hospices) before or after your arrival orientation in the evening. Dinner on your own in town, and free time to visit. Your hotel is a centrally located 3-star hotel. Wine tastings and guided programs are available when booked in advance.
   

   • 3-star hotel in Beaune
2. Day 2Beaune – Chassey le Camp

   After Breakfast, you will start your bike ride through the vineyards on a bike path passing through wine making villages: Pommard, Volnay, and the Grands Crus vineyards (Montrachet, Batard Montrachet… ). Many wine tasting options all along the way until Santenay. Then a short portion of the cycling path alongside the canal, before you reach your destination situated at the beginning of the Cote Chalonnaise.
   

   • 15.5 miles
   • Hotel at Chassey le Camp
   • Breakfast
3. Day 3Chassey le Camp – Dracy Le Fort

   After breakfast, you will cycle on small country roads to join another cycle path along the “Canal du Centre” which you will follow to Chagny, passing near Rully, a wine village close to Chalon sur Saône. Dracy-le-Fort is a small village on the edge of the Côte Chalonnaise vineyards. You will spend the night in a 3* hotel with pool.

   • 15.5 miles
   • 3* hotel with swimming pool
   • Breakfast
4. Day 4Dracy le Fort – Cluny

   In the morning, you will cycle to the “Voie Verte” cycle path in Givry (a wine village reputedly producing Henry IV’s favourite red wine). This path has been built on a former railway, and was the first cycle path in France. You will appreciate the charming roman architecture in Buxy, St Gengoux-le-National, or Malais. You will arrive in Cormatin, the perfect place for lunch and a visit of the chateau before continuing on to Cluny. The abbey of Cluny and the stud farm are a must for a visit.

   • 27.3 miles
   • 3-star hotel in Cluny
   • Breakfast

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     Head to historic Cluny

     Ride to Cluny on day 4 and stay the night in this lovely place

5. Day 5Cluny – Macon

   After breakfast, you will continue on the same cycle path to Mâcon. The landscape gradually becomes hillier, even if you are biking on an easy cycle path. On your way, the Château de Berzé-le-Châtel is a romantic place to visit and the view it offers merits a detour even for a short visit. You will also be able to cross the longest European tunnel open for cyclists and keep on biking through the Val Lamartien, with magnificent views of the Solutré rock.

   • 17.4 miles
   • 3-star hotel in Macon
   • Breakfast

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     The Solutre Rock

     Enjoy fantastic views of this majestic rock on day 5

6. Day 6Departure

   After breakfast, you have the possibility of either returning to Beaune by train or taking a high speed train (TGV) from Mâcon to Paris.

   • Breakfast