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Taste of Burgundy by Bike + Boat

Delicious wines, impressive castles & rolling landscapes

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Please note: You can only take part in this trip if you are vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19!
As of Oct 2022, subject to change.

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Starting in the capital of Burgundy, Dijon, this Cycling & Sailing holiday follows the Canal of Burgundy and the river Saône until you reach the charming provincial town of Tournus.

Who wouldn’t like to taste the Burgundy way of life in France?

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Burgundy are: delicious wines, impressive castles, rolling landscapes, old monasteries and a lot more.

The highlights of times trip are: wine tasting of Burgundy wines - cruise by barge on the Saône river - visit the pearls of Burgundy: Dijon and Beaune and do not forget the trip by bike on wine trail in the Côte d’Or.

 

Our Tip: Book early, those bike & boat trips fill up fast! The program of this trip is also possible in the opposite direction.

Route

Tour profile / level 2

This tour is rated easy to moderate. The daily distances are no more than 60 km. The routes next to the river and canals is mostly flat, but can be undulating in places when you take routes further away from the river. You should have a good level of cycling fitness in order to enjoy this holiday to the full.

Itinerary Dijon - Tournus

Day 1: Dijon
Individual arrival and embarkation in the afternoon at Dijon, the beautiful capital of Burgundy.

Day 2: round trip Dijon, approx. 20 km
In the morning you make a short cycling ride in the northwest Dijon region, along the Burgundy Canal and passing Lake Kir. Halfway, in the afternoon you’ll get the chance to discover the centre of Dijon by way of a special city walk.

Day 3: Dijon - Longecourt en Plaine, approx. 45 km
The day starts with a short sailing trip to and through the first two locks in the Burgundy Canal. You walk back to your bike and pedal through the region along a beautiful wine trail. Today’s trip ends in the village of Longecourt en Plaine.

Day 4: Longecourt en Plaine - St. Jean de Losne, approx. 45 km
Across small roads and forestries you cycle across some pretty villages to the town of Auxonne at the river Saône. Later you follow the river to St. Jean de Losne where the Burgundy Canal joins the river Saône.

Day 5: St. Jean de Losne - Seurre, approx .45 km
Today you start with a visit to the charming Musée de la Batellerie in St. Jean de Losne. Today’s cycling trip passes the Abbaye de Citeaux. Here’s a nice spot to have a picknick, at the small shop you can buy the famous abbey cheese. For a short while you will follow a trail along the river Saône. At the end of the day you arrive at the small town of Seurre.

Day 6: Seurre - Chalon sur Saône, approx. 25 km
You start cycling to the beautiful fortified town of Beaune, also known for its many tastefull wines (Côte d’Or). Your tour leader will take you on a stroll through town and you will have time to visit for example the church ‘Collegiale Notre-Dame’, the Hôtel Dieu or the Museum of Burgundy Wines. After the visit to Beaune you go by train to Chalon sur Saône, a port town located at the Saône river and the Canal du Centre.

Day 7: Chalon sur Saône - Tournus, approx. 60 km
You leave Chalon sur Saône and hit an old railway track, now a cycle path. In Buxy you visit the local winery. The trip continues by descending to the river Saône and ends in the town of Tournus. Here you will find the beautiful St. Philibert Church, which is certainly worth a visit. The abbey, dating from the 10th century, has a beautiful architecture and is one of the oldest in France.

Day 8: Tournus - Dijon
Disembarkation at 10:00 a.m., transfer by train to Dijon. Individual trip home or extended stay in France.

Itinerary Tournus - Dijon

Day 1: Tournus
Individual arrival and train ride at 2.30 p.m. from Dijon - Tournus. Embarkation at 4 p.m. in Tournus.

Day 2: Tournus - Chalon sur Saône, approx. 60 km
From Tournus (Here you will find the beautiful St. Philibert Church, which is certainly worth a visit you cycle along an old railway track, now a cycle path to Buxy). There you visit the local winery.
Afterwords you reach your todays overnight stay city Chalon sur Saôn.

Day 3: Chalon sur Saône - Seurre, approx. 25 km
You start cycling to the beautiful fortified town of Beaune, also known for its many tastefull wines (Côte d’Or). Your tour leader will take you on a stroll through town and you will have time to visit for example the church ‘Collegiale Notre-Dame’, the Hôtel Dieu or the Museum of Burgundy Wines.

Day 4: Seurre - St. Jean de Losne, approx. 45 km
For a short while you will follow a trail along the river Saône. Today you visit the charming Musée de la Batellerie in St. Jean de Losne. Today’s cycling trip passes the Abbaye de Citeaux. Here’s a nice spot to have a picknick, at the small shop you can buy the famous abbey cheese.

Day 5: St. Jean de Losne - Longecourt en Plaine, approx. 45 km
At St. Jean de Losne where the Burgundy Canal joins the river Saôn you cross small roads and forestries. You cycle across some pretty villages to the town of Auxonne at the river Saône.

Day 6: Longecourt en Plaine - Dijon, approx. 45 km
You walk back to your bike and pedal through the region along a beautiful wine trail. Today’s trip ends with a short sailing trip to and through the first two locks in the Burgundy Canal.

Day 7: round trip Dijon, approx. 20 km
In the morning you make a short cycling ride in the northwest Dijon region, along the Burgundy Canal and passing Lake Kir. Halfway, in the afternoon you’ll get the chance to discover the centre of Dijon by way of a special city walk.

Day 8: Dijon
Disembarkation at 10:00 a.m. Individual trip home or extended stay in France.

Important Information:

Due to changing wind and weather conditions as well as organizational requirements we reserve the right to make changes of routing and program.

Services

Included services:   
  • 7 nights in cabin with shower/toilet
  • full board (breakfasts, self-packed lunches and dinners)
  • multilingual tour leader/guide on bike (german, english)
  • 24-speed-hybrid bicycle
  • port charges
  • transfer Tournus - Dijon/Dijon - Tournus (on arrival or departure day included)
  • 1x visit museum
  • 1x wine tasting of Burgundy wines
  • city walks (Dijon & Chalon sur Saône)
  • information material per cabin

Dates & Prices

Dates

Merkmale

    Season / Period
    Type

    Extras

    Discount is not possible
       
    Bicycle & equipment
    24-speed-bike incl.
     E-bike 172
       
    Extras
    Diet food (gluten-free, lactose-free,...) 50

    Best - Price - Guarantee

    If you would verifiably receive better conditions and/or prices from another tour operator at the time of booking we guarantee at least the same conditions PLUS 1 handlebar bag for FREE!
    All prices per person in EUR

    Ship

    Welcome on board of the ANNA MARIA V!

    The barge is equipped to sail the French inland waterways. The large sun deck offers the passengers a nice sit during warm summer evenings. With a cool drink, served from the saloon with adjoining bar this is the place to be! Captain Arjan and his wife Daniëlla are ready to welcome you aboard!

    CATERING

    The cook on board is a member of the crew and prepares the breakfast, packed lunch and a warm dinner in the evening. The catering consists of full board. Catering starts with the dinner on the arrival day and ends with the breakfast on the departure day. Vegetarian catering is possible, please announce this with reservation and discuss it again with the tour guide on site.

    CABINS

    8x 2 bed cabins with split level beds (i.e. L-shaped above eachother) and private facilites;1x 1 bed cabin with lower bed and private facilites

    LANGUAGES ON BOARD

    German, English

    Aboard our boats you’ll be joined by travelling companions from all over, as well as a Tour Leader who speaks the group’s two main languages – usually English and German. Shall we bet that you’ll go back home with a smattering of French?

    Bicycle

    Bicycles inclusive panniers:

    The offered & included 27-speed-hybrid bicycles are citybikes with an aluminium frame and kitted with responsive brakes and gears. Plus: mudguards, comfort gel saddles, flat-palmed grips, Schwalbe Marathon anti-puncture tyres.

    E-bikes

    By popular demand, we have now invested in a considerable number of e-bikes, much favoured by cyclists who love the great Outdoors, but prefer to let the bike take the strain.

    With an electro bike every bike tour is a breeze! If you had few opportunities to cycle over the last weeks or if you are not sure concerning your fitness, but also with physical disabilities, every bike ride is a treat! The shiftable, low noise electric drive of our modern E-bike relieves you of some of the work and increases the pedal force up to 3 times ... So you can now book a bike tour together with cyclists who have different fitness level. Acclivity can be handled easily.

    Tip: E-bikes are a great development, but should be - due to their driving characteristics (high weight + high speed) - booked only by very safe and experienced cyclists with a very good sense of balance. Not suitable are electric bikes for people who rarely ride a bicycle.

    Useful

    ARRIVAL - PARKING - DEPARTURE

    ARRIVAL BY PLANE

    Airport: Dijon (DIJ), Lyon (LYS), Paris/Charles de Gaulle (CDG) / Orly (ORY)

    Paris has the nearest airport next to Dijon: ʻCharles de Gaulleʼ and ʻOrlyʼ.

    Airport: Charles de Gaulles
    Take the lin RER B to Gare du Nord. It runs every 15 min. and takes 20 min. to the center. There you change to RER D (directi on Makesherbes/ Melun) to Gare du Lyon. Continue by TGV to Dijon (approx. 1,5 hours)

    Airport Orly
    Take the Orly Val to Antony RER station where you change to RER B to Gare du Nord. There you change to RER A (direction Boissy-Saint-Leger = A2 or Chessy = A4). The next stop is Gare du Lyon where you catch the TGV to Dijon (approx. 1,5 hours)

    Airport Lyon
    Take the TGV from the airport straight to Dijon (approx. 2 hours) For more information, please check this link.

    ARRIVAL BY CAR

    There are a few big parking lots in the centre of Dijon:
    » Parking Grangier
    Place Grangier, 21000 Dijon
    +33 3 80 48 85 02

    » Parking Tivoli Berbisey
    Rempart Tivoli, 21000 Dijon
    +33 3 80 48 85 08

    » Parking Dauphine
    17 Rue Bossuet, 21000 Dijon
    +33 3 80 48 85 07

    ARRIVAL BY TRAIN

    Train station: Dijon

    Current train  connections and prices you will find under: www.radreisen.at/france-train

    PARTICIPANTS

    Minimum: 15 person
    Maximum: 17 person

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The tour is suitable for children from 12 years on, no reductions possible.

    Embarkation
    Departure place Dijon
    If your tour, starts in Dijon, you have to travel to the barge by yourself. The exact location is noted on your travel confirmation and see the itinerary and map in this booklet for how to get to the place of departure. The ti me of embarkati on is around 3 p.m. At the first
    day of the tour the barge will stay in Dijon. When you board, you will get the key for your cabin, so you can take your luggage there and enscone yourself. When all guests have arrived, the guide and skipper will give a welcome briefing.

    Departure place Tournus
    If your tour starts in Tournus, you will have a transfer by train from Dijon to Tournus. We kindly ask you to be at the meeting point at the train station of Dijon between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. The meeting point with your tour leader is across from the Quick restaurant. The train will
    leave at 2:30 p.m. and you will be in Tournus one hour later, at 3:30 p.m.

    Disembarkation
    If your tour ends in Tournus, you will have a group transfer by train back to Dijon together with the tour leader. The train will depart around 10:30 a.m. and arrive in Dijon around noon!

    Videos

    Travel stories

    4,3 of 6 Stars | 8
    Arjan and Silvie our hosts were truly wonderful. Sylvie is French and lives in the area so she provided a unique and personal view of all the villages, tours and food-wine of our adventures...D.V. 10/18
    4.6 18.06.2019 | Andre G. Taste of Burgundy by Bike + Boat

    Taste of Burgandy:1 thing could improve

    The guide as unfamiliar with the region and made use of his cell phone to navigate. He did a great job against the odds. Guides should be issued with proper GPS’s mounted on their handlebar to facilitate safety and efficiency of navigation
    • Overall satisfaction 3
    • Booking handling 6
    • Travel documents 6
    • Information at the beginning of the tour 5
    • Accomodation 3
    • Board 6
    • Route description 3
    • On-site assistance 5
    • Route-character 6
    • Bicycle + equipment 4
    • Price-performance ratio 4
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    5.2 16.10.2018 | Doris V. Taste of Burgundy by Bike + Boat

    Fabulous Burgundy Cycling Experience - France in October

    Arjan and Silvie our hosts were truly wonderful. Sylvie is French and lives in the area so she provided a unique and personal view of all the villages, tours and food-wine of our adventures. She was so helpful to all types of people with a variety of ...
    • Overall satisfaction 6
    • Booking handling 6
    • Travel documents 4
    • Information at the beginning of the tour 5
    • Accomodation 5
    • Board 6
    • Route description 5
    • On-site assistance 6
    • Route-character 5
    • Bicycle + equipment 5
    • Price-performance ratio 5
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    5.6 15.08.2016 | Grant W. Taste of Burgundy by Bike & Boat

    Burgundy Barge and Bike

    Very good trip, excellent guide, great onboard food. Barge accomodation was too small- cramped bedroom space. But overall we had good time and other passengers made for a memorable holiday. Special mention for the guide -Wiro, very professional, knowledgable. ...
    • Travel documents 6
    • Information at the beginning of the tour 6
    • Accomodation 5
    • Board 5
    • On-site assistance 6
    • Route-character 6
    • Bicycle + equipment 6
    • Price-performance ratio 5
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    4.3 25.09.2015 | Lynn T. Taste of Burgundy by Bike & Boat

    Our first barge and bike tour

    We had a very memorable week doing the Taste of Burgundy Tour and we had a great adventure but there is some room for improvement. Arjan and Daniella are a colourful couple who added plenty of interest to our trip. Our meals were of a very high standard ...
    • Overall satisfaction 5
    • Booking handling 6
    • Travel documents 6
    • Information at the beginning of the tour 3
    • Accomodation 3
    • Board 3
    • Luggage transport 6
    • Route description 2
    • On-site assistance 5
    • Route-character 4
    • Bicycle + equipment 3
    • Price-performance ratio 6
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