When you look at a map, you can see that Burgundy is situated in the very heart of France. If this rather conservative region is to be found right in the centre of the country, you must remember it was not always the ally of the King of France. Remember the alliances between the region and Henry V of England; remember Joan of Arc!

A Burgundian is a person of character, a worker, someone from the country who guards his lands jealously.

On our trips, you will be able to discover these different aspects of the area. Dijon, the capital of the Burgundy region, and Beaune, the capital of the Burgundy vineyards, offer a sublime array of historical and architectural wealth. This area of practising Christians is where the Cistercians built magnificent abbeys: Fontenay, Citeaux and Cluny, to mention but a few.

The countless, meticulously cared for villages, wonderful oak forests, healthy herds of Charolais cows and the navigation canals are among the examples of treasures of a region, which is, after all, a very French region.

Burgundy’s climate tends to be continental, with very cold winters, and hot, dry summers.