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5 Days in Burgandy

Hi All. My husband and I will be travelling from Barolo, Italy and planning on visiting Burgandy for 5 nights then flying out of Lyon. Dates will be May 4-9th and we will fly out of Lyon on the 10th at 11:45am. We are late 30s, love wine and amazing food (especially slow lunches) going for long walks, sitting at cute cafes and people watching while we travel.

So far I’m interested in doing a wine tour with Discover Burgandy, eating at Maison Lameloise, visiting Semur-en-Auxois and visiting Fontenay Abbey, Beaune (& maybe Dijon) and I think we will spend a day doing our own wine tastings. I also read Macon might be nice with views of vineyards so maybe we can spend the day around that area before arriving in Lyon. Our priorities are spending more time in the country side so we don’t need to spend time in Lyon (other than a wonderful dinner).

I am hoping you can help me with any recommendations and also where to base ourselves for the 5 nights. I want to stay at Maison du Pommard for 3 nights for sure and then I think we will like to stay somewhere else for 2 days. Possibly an AirBnB in Beaune (to save some money instead of 5 days in Maison du Pommard) or maybe closer to Dijon area. Can you recommend any towns, restaurants, places to stay based on our preferences please? Also any interesting stops along the way from Barolo for lunch maybe.

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I quite like Pommard wine, and Chateau Pommard is a great winery to visit. It's a small village and you will likely have to go into Beaune for meals. Some good restaurants are Caveau des Arches and Table de Square. The Rick Steves guide does a great job covering Burgundy.

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We spent 10 days in the region - 3 in Dijon and 7 at a house in Change - about 15 minutes west of Beaune.
If you do make it to Dijon, check out La Maison des Cariatides. Small place with a great tasting menu - best presentation and taste we experienced during our 3 weeks in France. You need reservations - message through Instagram.
Fontenay Abbey is amazing, but at least 2 hours away from either Dijon or Beaune.
In Beaune, check out Ma Cuisine - great food and wine list.
How much you see and do will depend on how you are getting to the region. We took a train into Dijon and then picked up a car at the train station a few days later.
If you are flying out of Lyon -as we did - consider B&B Les Tignoliers, which we found through Airbnb. It's 15 minutes away from the airport and we had a wonderful dinner - for an extra fee - with out hosts.