Tour Code BGN8D

2020

North & 8 days- Deluxe 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. Self – Guided Cycling Tour 8 days / 7 nights

Day 5 - Vézelay 24 km Day 1 Arrival to

Auxerre, city of Art and History that has Grade: The cycling continues today through some conserved an exceptional architectural Slightly hilly routs without long climbs. of Burgundy’s finest landscapes, heritage. Its cathedral, a model of gothic Asphalted side routs. Cycling path along the culminating in a stop in Vézelay and its elegance, the St Germain Abbey, a nearly . Sainte-Madeleine Basilica, a Romanesque intact monastic complex with crypts dating art masterpiece listed as UNESCO world back to the 9th Century containing one of heritage. During the middle Ages, Vézelay the oldest mural paintings discovered in Arrival: daily 13.03. – 31.10.2020 was a major pilgrimage site and a special , not to mention a charming city halt on the way to Compostella. Its centre with great boutiques. Price per person Basilica dominates the small mediaeval Euro

town and its fortifications. Day 2 Auxerre –Chablis 37km

Day 6 Vézelay – Escolives 41 km Double Room B&B 980,00 You begin your cycle through the fields Double Room HB 1308,00 and will stop in where you Starting by a climb to reach the Extra night in Auxerre B&B 85,00 discover the Cistercian Abbey, the largest valley, the itinerary will then follow it and and one of the most beautiful Cistercian the canal du Nivernais all day. You will churches remaining in France. come across beautiful sites such as Single Room B&B 1463,00 Then you continue to the Chablis Châtel-Censoir and the Saussois cliffs. Single Room HB 1791,00 vineyards. Burgundy’s largest white wine Escolives is near the Canal de Nivernais, Extra night in Auxerre B&B 156,00 vineyard is your programme today. a small village where you will spend a Arriving in Chablis, it will be time to enjoy peaceful night in a winegrower’s farm. Bike Rental a tasting. 21-Gear-Tourbike 85,00

Day 7 Escolives – Auxerre 33 km E-Bike (250 € Deposit) 180,00 Day 3 Chablis – 38 km

Water dominates the day, for all around Service included: After a visit of Chablis you follow the you are some of the greatest rivers of valley through the beautiful villages France. In fact, Burgundy has been called of southern Chablis vineyards to the ✓ 7 nights in 3* and 4* star hotels in the water table of France. All the mighty medieval town of Noyers with its Naïve Art room with private facilities rivers are interconnected by a marvellous museum. Noyers has preserved ✓ Daily breakfast canal system. You are cycling beside the fortifications and half-timbered houses. It’s ✓ 4-course dinner (Option) water surrounded by nature before leaving one of the hundred most beautiful villages its side to go through the lovely Auxerre ✓ Personal welcome meeting of France! vineyard villages: , Saint-Bris-le- ✓ luggage transfer from hotel to hotel

Vineux, and Bailly. In the caves de Bailly ✓ 1 winetasting in Chablis Day 4 Nitry- Avallon 55 km you will taste the famous Crémant de ✓ 1 tasting of Crémant de Bourgogne

Bourgogne before carrying on to Auxerre. in Bailly Today you cycle across the superb “terre ✓ Rout book, maps and information plaine” plateau and Avallon landscapes. Day 8 material You will pass by the medieval hamlet of ✓ 24 h Service Hotline Montréal before reaching Avallon, a C'est la vie - your biking holidays in ✓ GPS-Tacks on demand beautiful ancient town. Burgundy are finished. After having a last

breakfast you have to say goodbye to this charming region in France!

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