Grands Jours de Bourgogne from March 19 to 24 2012

Practical Information

Getting here

By car :

Beaune has particularly good transport links, lying at the intersection between the A6 and A31 motorways (to Dijon, then Lille or Nancy) and on the A38 (to Besançon and Basle).

Via the A6 motorway: take exit no. 24.0 (Savigny-Lès-Beaune / Beaune-Saint-Nicolas)

Or exit no. 24.1 (Beaune-Centre / Beaune-Hospices).

Here are a few indications of travelling times from various towns:
- 0h35 from Dijon (45km)
- 1h00 from Besançon (110km)
- 1h40 from Lyon (160 km)
- 2h15 from Genève (230 km)
- 2h20 from Nancy (260 km)
- 2h30 from Annecy (250 km)
- 3h from Paris (310 km)
- 3h15 from Strasbourg (345 km)
- 4h15 from Marseille (470 km)
- 4h20 from Stuttgart (450 km)
- 4h40 from Turin (460 km)
- 5h30 from Bruxelles (580km)
- 7h15 from Barcelone (790 km)
- 7h30 fromAmsterdam (788 km)
* given by Via-Michelin
To calculate your route : www.viamichelin.fr

By plane:

Aéroport Lyon-Saint-Exupéry : 1h30 from Beaune
Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle : 3h40 from Beaune
Aéroport Paris-Orly : 3h15 from Beaune
Aéroport Dijon-Longvic : less than 1h from Beaune
To plan your trip : www.aeroport.fr

By train:

The main railway stations :
Beaune
Dijon
Chablis
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Pour préparer votre voyage : www.voyages-sncf.com

Shuttle service

The Grands Jours de Bourgogne lays on a free shuttle service from the Tuesday to the Friday to get from one tasting event to another.
Further information about times and pick-up points will be available shortly.

Badges

The Grands Jours de Bourgogne are open exclusively to professionals working in one of the following professions: sales agents, wine shops and specialised stores, traders, distributors, restaurateurs and wine waiters, and journalists.
A badge is required to enter the wine show. Under-18s are not allowed to attend the wine show.

1- To obtain an access badge you need to pre-register online.
- If you have received an invitation then you have a personal code that you will be asked for during pre-registration.
- If you do not have a code then please fill in the contact form and you will receive by return an email with a code.

2- You will receive confirmation of your registration. You will be issued with your definitive badge on presenting this confirmation at the welcome desk. The same badge grants you access to all the events in your programme. Please keep your badge and present it at each event.

Accommodation

There is a wide choice of hotels in Burgundy.

You can find them all on the websites of the Tourism Offices in the main towns in Burgundy:
Office de Tourisme of Chablis : www.chablis.net
Office de Tourisme of Dijon : www.dijon-tourism.com
Office de Tourisme of Nuits-Saint-Georges : www.ot-nuits-st-georges.fr
Office de Tourisme of Beaune : www.ot-beaune.fr
Office de Tourisme of Chalon sur Saône : www.chalon-sur-saone.net

Restauration

Discover the greedy Burgundy through its many restaurants:
www.burgundy-tourism.com

Burgundy Wines

You will find everything you need to know about Burgundy wines on the website of our partner, the Burgundy Wine Board (BIVB).
www.vins-bourgogne.fr / www.burgundy-wines.fr