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Musee des Beaux Arts

by Lilasel

The Palais now houses Dijon's town hall and the Musee des Beaux Arts. The art collection, the most significant outside Paris, features many Dutch and Flemish masters and sculptures by Francois Rude and Charles Sluter, including the magnificent tombs of the dukes in the Salle des Gardes.

The Wine Trail
They're called...

by Rieke

The Wine Trail
They're called Gevrey-Chambertin, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée, Nuits Saint-Georges, Aloxe-Corton… known to everyone in the world. This is why the Burgundy wine trail from Dijon to Nuits Saint-Georges is a serie of essential stopping places. First you come to the mecca of wine, the château du Clos de Vougeot, owned by the ”chevaliers du Tastevin.“ From there the road is long… It will take you from one flavour to another, from the “pinot noir” grape to the sensual “aligoté.”

Admiring the beautiful architecture

by timtrina

Just like Paris, Dijon is absolutely full of the most beautiful buildings with outstanding architecture. This town is certainly easy on the eye - that's for sure. I think we took something like 150 photos of the centre of Dijon alone - unfortunately photos and video don't seem to catch that special atmoshpere of being there in the moment!

Old Houses & Streets: Rue des Forges (2)

by hquittner

On the same street as the Hotel Chambellan (#34)to its left are two more fine Hotels. The nearest is the Hotel Milsand (#38), where the Chambellans lived until they acquired #34. The facade decorations however are from the latter part of the 16C and extend to the roof dormers. Immediately left (#40) of this is the Hotel Aubriot with a classical doorway superimposed upon a 13C building with an arcade. Down the street to the East one can see the Tour Philippe-le-Bon rising above the wall of the Palace. It is possible to climb to the terrace of the tower for an elevated view of Dijon.

Dijon, the Paris of Burgundy

by Beausoleil

"A Royal Pain in Dijon"

Our first visit to Dijon was in 1996 and we immediately fell in love with it. This window above gives you an idea of why. The people there are really friendly and have a great sense of humor.

We bought a wonderful pass that allowed us to visit six or seven museums in one day . . . dumb idea. You can't visit that many museums in one day! We did try though. It was kind of funny. We spent most of our time in the Beaux Arts which is wonderful, an excellent collection and very well displayed. Then we ran from museum to museum. In the Musee Rude, they didn't even ask for our pass; we could have entered without paying. Sigh . . .

"The grand-daddy of all murals; it's huge!"

This is just down the street from the cathedral and a very busy square. From a distance, this looks like an iron market but when you get closer, you realize it is a huge mural painted on the side of the market building.

Great fun.

"Now which way do I turn?"

We were delighted in the street signs in France. Look at the picture. You can go either way and get to the Palace of the Dukes. We quickly found parking and walked . . . much easier.

Over the years we've learned to follow autre directions or toutes directions when we're lost. We invariably end up someplace. Besides you discover so many interesting things when you get lost . . .