Top Reasons to Go

Wine Is a Wonderful Thing: Burgundy vineyards are among the world's best, so take the time to stroll through Clos de Vougeot and really get a feel for the "terroir."

Dijon, Burgundy's Hub: One of France's prettiest cities, with colorful banners and polished storefronts along narrow medieval streets, Dijon is perpetually being dolled up for a street fair.

Relish the Romanesque: Burgundy is home to a knee-weakening concentration of Romanesque churches, and Vézelay's Basilique has the region's greatest 12th-century sculptures.

Beaune, Capital of Caves: Famed for its wine caves and its 15th-century, Flemish-style Hospices, Beaune lets you get both your cultural and viticultural fill.

Cluny, "Light of the World": Once center of a vast Christian empire and today a ruin, this Romanesque abbey still inspires by the sheer volume of what it once was.