Dijon or Beaune: Where to Base a Burgundy Wine Tour
The two towns side by side: the TGV, the kerbs, the private pickups, and who should sleep where.
These are the long reads for the choices you make before you book. Should you sleep in Dijon or Beaune? How do you fit both côtes into two days? Can you taste without a tour, what does each fare buy, and what changes in the autumn? When you are ready to choose, compare the burgundy vineyard tours side by side.
Start with Dijon or Beaune if you have not picked a town yet, or with the prices guide if your budget is fixed. The blog answers single questions in fewer words.
The two towns side by side: the TGV, the kerbs, the private pickups, and who should sleep where.
A day on each côte: the villages north to south, the Clos de Vougeot, lunch, and the tour for each day.
A Dijon cellar, the Clos de Vougeot and the Hôtel-Dieu on your own, the 2CV rentals, and what a tour still does better.
Every fare side by side: what is in it, per person or per car, refunds, and the price per wine.
The harvest, the 166th Hospices de Beaune sale on 15 November 2026, the weekend around it, and the weather.
The days that start in the city are on Burgundy wine tours from Dijon, the cars for your party alone on Burgundy private tours, and every tour on Burgundy Tours.