The beautiful architecture, elegant decoration - ironwork, gabled windows and weather vane - its famous varnished tiles and old well are more suited to a Gothic palace than a hospice. In the Grand'salle or «poor room» stands a 15th C statue of the ..

For wine lovers, this landscape is the stuff of legend. For 65km between Dijon and Santenay lies one of the world’s greatest wine growing regions. Every step of the way seems to have its own famous name: each village, each slope: a proud viticultural..

From the orientation map near to the monument to the dead, wide view of the town with its brown tiled roofs, the vineyard and the Mâconnais mountains to the south.

A building from 1522 with a lovely Gothic façade and three-floored gallery.

Greatly inspired by Saint-Lazare d'Autun , this collegiate was started in around 1120. It is a great example of Burgundy Romanesque art. Behind the main altar is a magnificent series of tapestries from «the Life of the Virgin Mary», five panels depic..

The ramparts form an almost complete 2km-long circular path around the old town (private sections make a complete circuit impossible). The ramparts are dotted with eight bastions of different shapes and a few towers, including the bastions of Saint-J..

It is located in the former 15C-16C town mansion of the Dukes of Burgundy. The 14C winery, entered through a huge gateway, is home to a splendid collection of wine presses and vats. The museum relates the history of Burgundy’s vineyards and wine grow..

A belfry covered in girders dating back to the 14th C stands on this square, as well as the statue by Rude of Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), founder of the Ecole Polytechnique.

The Burgundy Wine Museum is housed in the old mansion of the dukes of Burgundy, with its courtyard with a theatre-like decoration. The museum gives the history of Burgundy winemaking and growing, and the tools of viticulture. Paintings by Lurçat ( Le..

Dominated by the Hôtel-Dieu and its beautiful slate roof, this square is the heart of the town. On the square, as in the neighbouring streets, a number of shops selling regional specialities (wine, alcohol, sweets) have attractive window displays.

At number 10, note the ornate Romanesque house on the first floor with trefoil arcatures.

It has a pretty tower and interior courtyard.

The house at number 4 dating back to the 16th C has a façade of lovely sculptures.

The houses from number 18-24 of this street form a lovely 16th C ensemble. The business tribunal occupies the Oratory Chapel (1710).

In the buildings of the former Ursulines convent (17th C), it houses two museums: the Beaux-Arts (with works by Ziem) and a museum dedicated to Beaune doctor and physiologist Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904), inventory of time-lapse photography.

The triangular terrace of the old Bastion Saint-Martin, now gone, dominates a pleasant garden.

The collections in this fine art museum include a significant set of paintings by Félix Ziem (1821-1911), an Orientalist painter born in Beaune, but better known for the work he produced while living in Martigues. His paintings typically have a magni..

Beyond the Blondeau Tower, you will see this bastion with its rooftop covered in pretty trees and topped with a charming watchtower.

On the ramparts, a lovely walk among two lines of great plane trees.

Adorned with gargoyles, this bastion (or northern tower of the castle) is hewn with a niche protecting a statue of the Madonna and Child. It stands in a ditch full of large cherry trees.