Location

The apartment lies within a reasonable (shopping day’s) distance (south-east towards the French and Italian Alps) from Paris,.  It takes about 2 hours on the fast train from Paris, via Dijon and a little over that by car. Check out the map below …

Once you are in Beaune you have easy access to points north (towards the Champagne area), south (towards Lyon, Grenoble and Cote d’Azure), east (towards the Jura Mountains and the Italian Alps) and west (to a wonderful national park the “Parc du Morvan”).

According to Google Maps, it takes 2 hours and 12 minutes from Charles de Gaulle Airport to our front door ( 28 Rue de Lorraine, Beaune 21200 FRANCE), but that is WITHOUT traffic. With traffic jams, allow for 3 hrs 50 minutes. There are car rentals available in Beaune, so get there by train and book after you arrive.

Of course you aren’t going to hurtle straight there from the airport; mostly you will leave from your booked accommodation in Paris. To get out of Paris, head for the Quai de la Rapee and follow your nose. It’s good to have a GPS handy as well (there are many references throughout history to the humble GPS saving many a marriage).