Tour Code BGC7C

2021

Along in - 7 days / 6 nights Burgundy is a land of great art and good living, pastoral and peaceful. During the cycling trip you will discover great abbeys, elegant châteaux, medieval half-timbered villages and fortified towns. The vineyards of Chablis and the Auxerrois will accompany you, tastings are planned and the fine food will round off your days. This itinerary reveals northern Burgundy’s main treasures. You will pass two sites of UNESCO world heritages.

Day 1 Arrival in Day 5 Auxerre – Clamecy 64 km Self – Guided Cycling Tour 7 days / 6 nights Meeting in the small town of Montbard Today you continue your cycling tour along the de Bourgogne. along the Canal du Nivernais. Grade: One important stop you have to take is Flat, except for the last day, day 6 slightly Day 2 Montbard – Tonnerre 60 km at the Caves de Bailly. Here you will hilly, cycling paths along the canal aren’t asphalted halfway through. taste the famous Crémant de During your cycle trip along the Bourgogne. romantic Canal de Bourgogne, you Along the Canal du Nivernais your Arrival: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun will stop at the Renaissance châteaux cycling trip passes through exceptional 18.03. – 31.10.2021 in Ancy -le-Franc constructed by the landscapes along the “route des th Architect Serlio in the 17 century. flotteurs de bois“ which was very Price per person Euro Followed by the Renaissance important in the middle ages, as the châteaux in . Finishing the day Morvan Forest produced the wood for in Tonnerre for dinner. Paris, which was transported there by Double Room B&B 799,00 floating it along the river and canal. Double Room HB 1059,00 Day 3 Tonnerre – Joigny 55 km Day 6 Clamecy – Vézelay 31 km Before you leave Tonnerre you will Single Room B&B 1070,00 visit the Hotel Dieu, the former You will be leaving the waterside Single Room HB 1330,00 th hospital from the 13 century. Here today, through some of Burgundy’s the sick and needy could be housed finest landscapes, culminating in a stop Bike Rental and care d for. You must also visit the in Vézelay and its Sainte-Madeleine 21-Gear-Tourbike 85,00 E-Bike 250 € Deposit 180,00 Fosse Dionne before going back to Basilica, a Romanesque art the Canal de Bourgogne to continue masterpiece listed as UNESCO world Extra night B&B in Montbard, double room 74,00 with the cycling, which will take you heritage. During the middle Ages, through vineyards and fields. The in Montbard, single room 93,00 Vézelay was a major pilgrimage site in Vezelay, double room 103,00 evening including dinner and the hotel and a special halt on the way to in Vezelay, single room 141,00 will be in Joigny, a small town that has Compostella. preserved its numerous half-timbered Its Basilica dominates the small houses and churches. mediaeval town and its fortifications. Service included:

Day 4 Joi gny – Auxerre 35 km ✓ 6 nights in 3* star hotels/ Chambres Day 7 d’Hotes in room with private facilities From Joigny it isn’t too far to the ✓ Daily breakfast beautiful town of Auxerre. This It is time to say Au Revoir! Your bike ✓ 4-course dinner (Option) historical town, stretched along the tour is finished. You will be picked up ✓ Personal welcome meeting River has been classified in its at the hotel and brought back to your ✓ luggage transfer from hotel to hotel entirety as a protected site, with its car in Montbard or to the train station. ✓ 1 winetasting in Chablis numerous half-timbered houses and ✓ 1 tasting of Crémant de Bourgogne in Bailly its picturesque clocktower. Option: ✓ Rout book, maps and information You will enjoy an overnight stay in this Day 7 cycle to Avallon, night in Avallon city. material ✓ Transfer Vézelay-Montbard

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