Burgundy Vineyards
No visit to Burgundy can be complete without seeing some of the most famous vineyards in the world. The “route des Grands Crus” (roughly, "road of the fine wines”) is the name of a tourist route situated in the south of the region.
The 80-kilometre route starts in Dijon and ends in Santenay, and is punctuated by 33 villages or little towns, including Beaune, many of which have picturesque churches.
The route is named because it follows from north to south the middle of the Cote d’Or escarpment, where many world-class wines are produced. The road lies mid-slope in the middle of the vineyards and takes the visitor through the vineyards of the Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune and the back hills (Hautes-Cotes) behind and above the wine slopes.
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