Our Top 10 things to do in Burgundy, France - Visit Dijon, Beaune, and the Bourgogne wine route

The region of Burgundy, in France, is known all over the world for producing some of the best red wines in the world, although Burgundy also produces some great white wines.
But beyond the Bourgogne wine route, there are tons of other things to do in Burgundy. Burgundy has a beautiful countryside with rolling hills and quaint medieval villages. Burgundy also offers lots of variety, with abbeys and monasteries, museums, hikes in natural parks, archeological sites, and the beautiful Burgundy canal.
If you are planning to travel to Burgundy, this video should provide you suggestions on what to do during your trip to Burgundy
Websites of all the attractions featured in this video:
Wine producer Domaine Comte Senard: www.domainesenard.com
Boat rental company Les Canalous: www.lescanalous.com
Mustard Factory Fallot: www.fallot.com
Hospices de Beaune: www.beaune-tourism.com
Cluny Abbey: www.cluny-abbaye.fr
Abbey of Fontenay: www.abbayedefontenay.com
Village of Vézelay: www.destinationgrandvezelay.com
Bibracte archaeological site: www.bibracte.fr
Dijon Museum of Fine Arts: beaux-art.dijon.fr
You can also watch our other Burgundy videos:
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Top 5 free things to do in Dijon: • Our Top 5 FREE things ...
Music in order of appearance
1. Burgundy Wine Route - Orange Foot by Dan Henig
2. Hospices of Beaune - Renaissance by Doug Maxwell
3. Burgundy Canal and Saone River - Eternal Garden by Dan Henig
4. Cluny Abbey and Cluny stud farm - Requiem in Cello by Hanu Dixit
5. Rock of Solutré and Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards - Marxist Arrow by Twin Musicom
6. Abbey of Fontenay - Wistful Harp by Andrew Huang
7. Dijon Museum of Fine Arts in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy - Fur Elise by Beethoven
8. Bibracte archaeological site - Nebular Focus by Dan Henig
9. Edmond Fallot Dijon Mustard Factory - Vampire by Emmit Fenn
10. Village of Vézelay and Basilica Sainte Marie Magdalene - Gymnopedie N°1 by Satie
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Wine Route
02:07 - Hospices of Beaune
03:37 - Burgundy Canal
05:13 - Cluny Abbey
06:24 - Rock of Solutré
07:39 - Abbey of Fontenay
08:56 - Dijon Art Museum
10:15 - Bibracte
11:28 - Fallot Mustard Factory
12:32 - Vézelay

[@philipcstahl]

My grandparents raised us here every summer in Dijon. Live in California but I miss Burgundy!

[@JamesandLaurent]

We hope you get the opportunity to go back from time to time.

[@chuch541]

My family is from the area, never gotten to visit but plan on it. Washouse in Fedry, Haute-Saone was beautifully designed by my great great great great granpapi

[@jacirasantanna7221]

Dear James and Laurent, visiting Burgundy with you is a delight. Obrigada!

[@JamesandLaurent]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@margaretthibodeau9885]

Thanks for bringing back such wonderful memories of our times in Burgundy. We recognized so many things.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

OH MY GOD ITS THE FUNEE GAMER STATE!!! 😱😱😱😱🤯THIS IS A CERTIFIED [STRENG-GEHEIM] MOMENT

[@JamesandLaurent]

We had never heard about this game until people started commenting on this video 😂😅😂.

[@toothbrush-guy]

OMG THE FUNNY NUCLEAR WAR MAN WITH GLASSES?!? REAL OMG😮😮😮😮

[@TourismeFluvial]

Thank you James and Laurent for coming visit burgundy by boat, and for your nice video. You can come back when you want.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thanks so much. We had a great time on the boat.

[@LeCMN]

Thank you for these very nice views of Burgundy and especially of the Cluny Abbey!

[@JamesandLaurent]

Our pleasure! We had a great time visiting the abbey and hope this video encourages many more visitors to go there :)

[@chikaraejiogu4651]

Amazing soothing greenery 🎉

[@JamesandLaurent]

It really is!

[@joannat5319]

Thank you, James & Laurent, for such a delightful video! I really enjoyed your co-commentary and how you alternated between the two of you. This video was well composed, informative and picturesque. I am now making plans to visit the region next year! Merci beaucoup!

[@JamesandLaurent]

Our pleasure! We hope you enjoy your trip. FYI, we also have two stand-alone videos about the top things to do in Dijon and in Beaune.

[@kelslawson107]

Amazing

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Guillaume1822010]

The canal is really a great thing to do. As you said you can bike or walk along the canal and visit all the beautiful villages like Chateauneuf en auxois. Perfect plan for chilling out.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Well said!

[@jeffreysbaysurftrips3686]

Top content!

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thanks. More to come.

[@aliciamanfre1868]

amazing

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@SteadyWalk4K]

Amazing view and sound in Burgundy, I can never get enough from the views of Burgundy, A great tour :) New subscriber is here from the Philippines ❤💚

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thanks for visiting

[@beautifulmemorieswithdrdeepti]

Very nice charming place..have been here.

[@JamesandLaurent]

We thought the same thing :)

[@naseankershaw3071]

It's Gamerland!!

[@JamesandLaurent]

???

[@naseankershaw3071]

@@JamesandLaurent Lookup Hearts of Iron 4 The New Order. You will be freaked out a bit, but its interesting...

[@JamesandLaurent]

We're clearly too old for this 😁😅😁.

[@naseankershaw3071]

@@JamesandLaurent Lololol!! The Burgundy playthrough though, full of top notch chaos...

[@x-a-]

@@JamesandLaurent résumé : il fait référence à un jeu video ou la Bourgogne est un état faciste dirigé par Himmler

[@TheRtcio]

Thank you, very insightful. We are in orientation phase of buying property in Burgundy, France.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Glad it was helpful!

[@martinhelmut3776]

great region

[@JamesandLaurent]

It is. We hope you have a chance to visit.

[@petesmith4601]

Where is that bridge in the end of the video? Great content!

[@JamesandLaurent]

Not very far from Dijon. A small village called Sainte Marie sur Ouche if we remember correctly.

[@ivan5595]

I visited a Burgundian bunker and was forced by the soldiers to work restlessly there. Luckily I escaled with the help of free nations.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Haha :)

[@mrjanwin]

What a nice video! This must have been a lot of work to put together. Ass a (starting) wine drinker I would love to visit. What are the top places you would recommend?

[@JamesandLaurent]

Very hard question to answer, not knowing what you like. Domaine Senard took care of us very well. But the landscapes around Pouilly Fuissé were the most beautiful.

[@mrjanwin]

@@JamesandLaurent thank you for answering 🙏🏼 I would love to visit wineries that would be my main focus

[@supafob120]

Great video! If we will be going from Paris to here, would you recommend taking the train or driving here?

[@JamesandLaurent]

It depends if you're going to stay in Dijon or if you want to move around to the various sites all over Burgundy.

[@supafob120]

@@JamesandLaurent We will probably stay in Dijon for 1-2 days. But should we take the train from Paris to Dijon and then rent a car in Dijon? Or just rent the car from Paris? Is Dijon drivers friendly?

[@x-a-]

It can be quite a disturbing place in an alternate timeline, they call it ordenstat burgundy and its ruled by aryan chiken man but lets just ignore that anyways I think it ended in a thermo-nuclear war or some stuff like that...

[@JamesandLaurent]

We had never heard of that game until someone commented on this video a few months ago 😂😅.

[@toothbrush-guy]

Yes

[@joao-geraldodamasceno1581]

vive la Bourgogne!! et Les vins...

[@JamesandLaurent]

On a la même vidéo en français sur notre chaîne française.

[@darinhareis9451]

💜💜

[@JamesandLaurent]

💖💖

[@darinhareis9451]

❤❤

[@JamesandLaurent]

❤️💛❤️

[@darinhareis9451]

💖💖

[@JamesandLaurent]

💖 to you too.

[@banditop276]

hate de vous voir en lorraine vos vidéos sont géniales

[@JamesandLaurent]

Sûrement un jour. Mais ça sera d'abord l'Auvergne puis la Bretagne.

[@joao-geraldodamasceno1581]

quelle delice...

[@JamesandLaurent]

We hope you get a chance to visit :)

[@MundiLXX]

Since TNO players love talking about their favorite mod in the comments. What is your opinion on TNO?

[@JamesandLaurent]

We are so old that we had never heard of it until viewers started writing comments about it 😂😅😁.

[@jerzystruczak782]

groovy stuff aloxe corton ig third rate wine though

[@JamesandLaurent]

We liked it :)

[@karinechaigneau9899]

Thanx... but they forgot the people and pets !

[@JamesandLaurent]

?!?

[@v71123]

Nice and informative but listening to 2 different voices all the time is annoying...

[@JamesandLaurent]

This is the first time we hear this feedback. We have actually heard the opposite feedback on countless occasions. Everybody is different.

[@melp5457]

@@JamesandLaurent i personally loved the 'duet', but each to his own as you say. Love Burgundy very much, and this has inspired me to revisit as soon as possible. Thank you, and subscribed. 🙂