Travel Tools/References

Weather

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How to get to Burgundy + driving in France

By train: The TGV (high speed train) brings Dijon only 1h40 from Paris. Other train connections: Lausanne 2 hours Lille 3 hours Marseille 3h15 Zurich 4 hours
On the road – motorways Paris A6 Lille/Belgium A26 – A5 Metz/Luxembourg A31 Strasbourg/Germany A36 Geneva A40 – A39

• Distance chart
  
• Driving tips provided by the French government in English!
  
• Driving tips including road sign explinations at http://americansinfrance.net/driving

• For hotels suggestions please visit our links page
  
  
• Some of our favorite restaurants:
  
  
• Haute Gastronomic fare – vive la France! or « event » meals
  • Lameloise, Chagny near Beaune – Tel 33 (0) 380.85.87.65.65, http://www.lameloise.fr
  • Relais Bernard Loiseau, Saulieu – Tel 33 (0) 380.90.53.53, http://www.bernard-loiseau.com
  • L’Espérance, St Pcre sous Vezelay – Tel 33 (0) 386.33.39.10, http://www.marc-meneau.com
  
  
• Gastronomic fare in and around Dijon/Côte de Nuits
  • Château de Gilly, Vougeot – formal dinner restaurant + an excellent, great value lunch bistro – Tel 33 (0) 380.62.89.98, http://www.chateau-gilly.com
  • Hostellerie de Levernois, Levernois close to Beaune – Tel 33 (0) 380 24.73.58, http://www.levernois.com
  • Les Gourmets, Marsannay la Côte– Tel 33 (0) 380.52.16.32, http://les-gourmets.com
  • Stephane Derbord, Dijon– Tel 33 (0) 380.67.74.64, http://www.restaurantstephanederbord.fr
  • Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge, Dijon– Tel 33 (0) 380.50.88.88, http://www.chapeau-rouge.fr/uk/restaurant/index.html
  • Le Chef Coq, Nuits St Georges– Tel 33 (0) 380.61.12.06, http://www.lagentilhommiere.fr/erestaurant.htm
  • Le Chassagne, Chassagne Montrachet– Tel 33 (0) 380.21.94.94
  • Restaurant Bernard Morillon, Beaune – Tel 33 (0) 380.24.12.06
  
  
• Bistro – elegant, simple fare
  • Ma Cuisine, Beaune reserve ahead! Great restaurant but small – Tel 33 (0) 380.22.30.22
  • Gourmandin, Beaune – Tel 33 (0) 380.24.07.88
  
  
• Burgundian specialties
  • La Toute Petite Auberge, Vosne Romanée – Tel 33 (0) 380.61.02.03
  • Restaurant de la Porte Guillaume, Hôtel Du Nord, Dijon – Tel 33 (0) 380.50.80.50
  • Grille Laure, Dijon – Tel 33 (0) 380.41.86.76
  • Le Germinal, Dijon (great frogs’ legs!) – Tel 33 (0) 380.44.97.16

• Books, maps: http://burgundyonline.com/accessories.html