North Burgundy Guided 7 Days / 6 Nights Art, Wine, Nature And

Tour Code BGNG

2018

North Burgundy guided 7 days / 6 nights Art, Wine, Nature and Soulfulness Known for its outstanding wines and its famous cuisine, not to forget the many, many historical witnesses of the past, and many, many more. Burgundy indulges the gums, as well as the eye! Scenic picture-book landscapes alternate with small villages and cities, canals and river landscapes. Burgundy by bike is a delectation.

Day 1. Day 3. Auxerre—Canal du Nivernais Day 4. Avallon – Vézelay—Givry 42 km 38 or 47 km Own arrival by car or train. Welcome dink A day with many highlights is waiting for and first French 4-cours-dinner. After breakfast the daily schedule begins you. Strengthened and fully motivated we will start the day with a transfer to with a marvelous journey next to the Avallon. Highly embattled in the last Day 2. Pontigny – Chablis – St.-Bris-le- Canal de Nivernais und der Yonne to centuries it lies just at the gates to the Vineux 42 km Auxerre. Here you will learn more about national park of Morvan. We start the the city of art and culture. Visit of the You will start the day with an extended cycling trip through the romantic Vallée particular picturesque quarters with the du Cousin. The valley lies picture- breakfast in expectations. The camera is half-timbered houses, the cathedral St mandatory and depending on the season perfectly in the Granite Mountains. From Etienne with its Romanic crypt, the less to bit more hilly climbs, we are sun blocker is essential. You are visiting former abbey St Germain, with the the Cistercian Abbey in Pontigny, the cycling through the sweet landscape of oldest frescoes in France… the Avallonnais to Vézelay, the highlight second daughter if Citeaux und one of the principal witness of the Cistercian, of our today’s trip. Vézelay, with its movement. Basilica on the „eternal hill“, was declared as a World Cultural Heritage by Afterwards you are cycling through the wine-producing region of Chablis to the UNESCO. It is a miracle of Romanian eponymous city. Here we have a architecture und contains the relics of wonderful pick nick with a view one the Mary Magdalene. The veneer, the noblest vineyard, the grand cru. But tympanum and the approximately 100 before that we will have a marvelous picture capitals as well as the light- winetasting oft this delicious white wine. flooded interior, don’t let anyone go without being truly impressed. After an At the afternoon visit of Chablis. The trip is going o n into the vineyards and from intense visit of this wonderful structure For lunch you have the possibilities to and a short walk through the „Grand time to time we have to stop to admire this eat in a Crêperie. Strengthened we can outstanding panorama. Next stop is Saint Rue“ we are cycling further through a continue our way. We cycling along the lovely forest landscape till the end of ours Bris le Vineux . Another winetasting is Yonne and the Canal de Nivernais, waiting for you in a very special wine daily stage. with short stops at the wine villages. At cellar. You get to know the wines of the least we will arrive at the Cave de Bailly. Auxerrois. Spirited we will cycle the last It is a deposit of Crémant de Bourgogne, part to the Chambres d’Hôtes. The a sparkling wine, which is manufactured evening fades away with a typical French the same way as Champagne. It is 3km diner. into the mountain and more than 5 million bottles are stocked there.

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Tour Code BGNG

2018

Guided cycling trip Day 6. Châtel Censoir—Auxerre 53 Day 5. Semur-en-Auxois – Abbay 7 days / 6 Nights km Fontenay 48 km

Route Characteristics: The bus brings you in front of the city Oh well, the last cycling day has Mostly on agricultural roads, calm side gates of Semur-en-Auxois. Shortly arrived. The stage is characterized by routes, as well as on cycling paths alongside after you admire the picturesque city water. The area contains a fanstaic the canals. The wine-growing area it is a bit which is located above the rivulet landscape upto Châtel-Censoir, hillier. Armancon . By bike you are quick there, startingpoint of todays trip. The path so we will visit the old city and the leads alongside the Canal de Dates : 06.05. – 12.05.2018 02.09. – 08.09.2018 impressive Gothic church Notre Dame, Nivernais untill the limestone Price which is one of the most beautiful mountains of Les Rochers du Euro Per Person examples of gothic architecture. Saussois. Afterwards we cycle through a lovely Double room half-board 1.058,00 landscape to the Canal de Bourgogne, which possess at this high 37 locks on Single room half-board 1.138,00

12 km! But you don’t have to crank, but Bike rental just cycling alongside of the canal just in 21-Gear -bike 80,00 front of Montbard. Then you reached the Ebike 160,00 today’s highlight: the Abbaye de Fontenay. The Cistercian abbey is a Following services are included: characteristically example thanks to its ✓ 6 accommodations in a 3 Star- achieved unity of architecture and Domaine from the 17th century landscape. Visit of the monastery Room with bath/shower/WC complex and return by bus. ✓ Daily Breakfast Then we cycle through awesome ✓ 4-course-menu for dinner with wine forrest- und river andscape oft he ✓ Swimming Pool use

Yonne via Mailly-le-Château back ✓ 5 Lunches with local towards Auxerre. Luch is as always at specialties, drinks a scenic spot. If the guests prefer to do included. some shopping in Auxerre we offer a ✓ Graduated guide during the whole transfer tot he city. We finish the day trip with a good-bye-dinner in a typical ✓ Guidance acc. to program rustic Restaurant with outstanding ✓ All mentioned transfers cuisine… ✓ All entrance prices ✓ 1 Crémant tasting with 45 min. tour

Day 7. ✓ 1 Winetasting in Chablis ✓ 1 Winetasting in Saint Bris les After the last breakfast it is time to Vineux say“ Au revoir et à bientôt”.