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Half-Day tour : biking through the Côte de Beaune

Half-Day tour : biking through the Côte de Beaune

This 5 hour morning tour includes lunch at a French private home. You’ll be picked up by minivan around 9 am from (the area of) Tournus, Chalon-sur-Saône, Beaune* or Dijon and brought to the departure point where the bicycles will be waiting for you. Cycle with your guide through the vineyards from Beaune to Puligny-Montrachet and learn about vineyards, their history and heritage, and the work taking place according to the seasons. Half-way we include a stop for refreshments in the…

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Half-Day tour : Mâconnais goats’ cheese and wine

Half-Day tour : Mâconnais goats’ cheese and wine

Your driver/guide wille pick you up in de morning or after lunch at your lodgings in or around Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Macon, Belleville-sur-Saône or Villefranche-Sur-Saône. We’ll drive into the Mâconnais area for a beautiful scenic tour through the limestone villages while learning about their geology, history and wines. The scenic route along the valley leads us to a goat farm, where we’ll be told all about goat farming and goat cheese production and of course will get to taste a selection of…

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Half-Day tour : Mâconnais heritage, château de Cormatin and wine

Half-Day tour : Mâconnais heritage, château de Cormatin and wine

In the morning or after lunch your driver and guide will pick you up at your lodgings in or around the cities of Tournus, Chalon-sur-Saône, Beaune or Dijon. We leave for a leisurely scenic drive into the Mâconnais area passing through quaint stone-built villages, learning along the way about the geology, history and wines of these verdant hills. On the way, we’ll stop at the chateau de Cormatin, jewel of the Renaissance, where your private guide will give you a tour with…

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Full-Day Tour Mâconnais – Cradle of the Chardonnay

Full-Day Tour Mâconnais – Cradle of the Chardonnay

This is an exciting 8 hour full day guided tour through the countryside of Southern Burgundy. Start your day hiking on the Solutré Rock set in the middle of the Pouilly Fuissé vineyards. Enjoy a panoramic view of the area and understand its geology. Or if you prefer not to do a lot of hiking and climbing, take a scenic drive through the stone-built villages, learning along the way about the rocks, history and wines of these verdant hills. Wine…

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Guiding journalists in Tournus

Guiding journalists in Tournus

A while ago, the Tourist Office of Tournus asked me to accompany a group of Dutch cycling journalists during their visit to Tournus. One of them, Lex van den Bosch, later sent me some contact sheets of the photos he took.  This showed once again how beautiful our region really is. We had a lot of fun together. I was a bit nervous because I am not very proficient in the history and details of, for example, our medieval abbey….

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