Top Things to Do in Burgundy

Musée des Beaux-Arts

The part of the old palace that you can visit contains one of France's oldest and richest museums. It...

Musée national de la Renaissance - Château d'Ecouen

Cathédrale St-Etienne

Pay a visit to the flamboyant Gothic Cathédrale St-Etienne, begun in the 13th century but not completed...

Cathédrale St-Lazare

On the highest point in Autun, the cathedral was built in 1120 to house the relics of St. Lazarus. On...

Musée du Vin de Bourgogne

Housed in the former mansion of the ducs de Bourgogne, the Musée du Vin de Bourgogne traces the evolution...

Basilique Ste-Madeleine

Built in the 12th century, France's largest and most famous Romanesque church is only 9m (30 ft.) shorter...

Musée Magnin

This museum was built in the 19th century as the home of an arts-conscious member of the grande bourgeoisie....

Musée national de la Renaissance - Château d'Ecouen

Musée Rolin

This 15th-century mansion was built for a famous lawyer, Nicolas Rolin (b. 1380). An easy walk from the...

Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu

One of the town's most visible antique buildings is the Hôtel-Dieu. It thrived during the Middle Ages...