Good day. We are planning 10 days in Burgundy. We have Airbnbs booked for 3 days in Dijon and 7 days near Beaune in Change. Our interests are small towns, cathederals, abbeys, historic sites and local gastronomy. We will have a car for our week near Beaune and we’re thinking of day trips to Beaune, Auxere, Autun, Vezelay and maybe one other small town or village. We also are thinking of a day trip to Château de Digoine, Château de Saint-Fargeau or Château du Clos Vougeot. I would love some feedback on what we’ve planned so far.
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Chicago
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Consider a stop at Semur en Auxois -- a stunningly beautiful town.
https://janettravels.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/medieval-towns/
Fontenay Abbey is also worth a stop.
https://janettravels.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/edwins-law-at-fontenay-abbey/
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Somerville, MA
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Consider a day trip to Arbois in the Jura.
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IJzendijke, The Netherlands
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In case you go to Saint-Fargeau, combine it with a visit to Guédelon, a construction site of a medieval castle using the original methods and tools. It's about 15 minutes driving south-east of Saint-Fargeau. https://www.guedelon.fr/en
If Roman history is of interest the place to go is Alise-Sainte-Reine some 15min driving north-east from Semur-en-Auxois. It’s better known as Alésia and famous for it’s siege by Julius Caesar, defeating the Gauls under the leadership of Vercingetorix. Think there is a good reason to assume that one of the most influential battles in European history took place there as the victory for the Romans opened the path expanding later the Roman Empire all the way north to the rivers Rhine and Danube and Hadrians Wall in the UK. All well presented in that smal but excellent MuséoParc Alésia.
Further Noyers, Chateauneuf and Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, the latter some 10min. driving from Alise-Sainte-Reine.
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OP
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Thanks for all the helpful hints. I appreciate the feedback.