Tour Code BGC8C

2021

Along Canals in Burgundy - 8 days / 7 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 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. Self – Guided Cycling Tour Day 5 – Clamecy 64 km Day 1 Arrival in Montbard 8 days / 7 nights

Today you continue your cycling tour Meeting in the small town of Montbard Grade: along the Canal du Nivernais. along the Canal de Bourgogne. Flat, except for the last day, day 6 slightly One important stop you have to take is hilly, cycling paths along the canal aren’t at the Caves de Bailly. Here you will asphalted halfway through. Day 2 Montbard – Tonnerre 60 km taste the famous Crémant de

Bourgogne. During your cycle trip along the Along the Canal du Nivernais your Arrival: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun romantic Canal de Bourgogne, you cycling trip passes through exceptional 18.03. – 30.10.2021 will stop at the Renaissance châteaux landscapes along the “route des in Ancy-le-Franc constructed by the Price per person flotteurs de bois“ which was very Euro Architect Serlio in the 17th century. important in the middle ages, as the Followed by the Renaissance Morvan Forest produced the wood for châteaux in . Finishing the day Paris, which was transported there by Double Room B&B 882,00 in Tonnerre for dinner. Double Room HB 1168,00 floating it along the river and canal.

Day 3 Tonnerre – Joigny 55 km Day 6 Clamecy – Vézelay 31 km Single Room B&B 1192,00

Before you leave Tonnerre you will Single Room HB 1478,00 You will be leaving the waterside visit the Hotel Dieu, the former today, through some of Burgundy’s hospital from the 13th century. Here Bike Rental finest landscapes, culminating in a stop the sick and needy could be housed 21-Gear-Tourbike 95,00 in Vézelay and its Sainte-Madeleine and cared for. You must also visit the E-Bike 250 € Deposit 190,00 Basilica, a Romanesque art Fosse Dionne before going back to Extra nights B&B masterpiece listed as UNESCO world in Montbard DZ 74,00 the Canal de Bourgogne to continue heritage. During the middle Ages, in Montbard EZ 93,00 with the cycling, which will take you Vézelay was a major pilgrimage site in DZ 52,00 through vineyards and fields. The and a special halt on the way to in Avallon EZ 91,00 evening including dinner and the hotel Compostella. Its Basilica dominates will be in Joigny, a small town that has the small mediaeval town and its preserved its numerous half-timbered Service included: fortifications. houses and churches. Day 7 Vézelay – Avallon 27 km ✓ 6 nights in 3* star hotels/ Chambres Day 4 Joi gny – Auxerre 35 km d’Hôtes in room with private facilities You will cycle through the beautiful ✓ 1 night in 2* star hotels/ Chambres From Joigny it isn’t too far to the valley the cousin to Avallon. d’Hôtes ✓ Daily breakfast beautiful town of Auxerre. This ✓ 4-course dinner (Option) historical town, stretched along the Day 8 River has been classified in its ✓ Personal welcome meeting ✓ luggage transfer from hotel to hotel entirety as a protected site, with its It is time to say Au Revoir! Your bike numerous half-timbered houses and ✓ 1 tasting of Crémant de Bourgogne tour is finished. You will be picked up in Bailly its picturesque clocktower. at the hotel and brought back to your ✓ Rout book, maps and information You will enjoy an overnight stay in this car in Montbard or to the train station. material city. ✓ Transfer Avallon-Montbard ✓ 24 h Service Hotline ✓ GPS-Tracks on demand A VELO - Agence de Voyages 74 Grande Rue, F 89000 SAINT GEORGES SUR BAULCHES Tel. 0033.386.42.35.96 Fax . 0033.386.42.55.65 e-mail : [email protected] web : www.franceavelo.com SARL au capital de 15.000 € -IM89130001– APE 633Z