Please critizue or praise my tentative trip to Burgundy and Dordogne with a few stops in between
I would love to have some feedback to the following tentative itinerary:
June 3 - arrive CDG, pick up rental and drive to Beaune (Hotel Le Cep) June 4 - Beaune June 5 - Beaune June 6 - Drive to Annecy (Hotel du Palais de L'Isle June 7 - Annecy June 8 - Drive to Le Puy-en-Velay (Regina Hotel) June 9 - 15 Sarlat (Clos la Boetie) June 16 -Drop off rental at Brive rail station and take TGV into Paris (Hotel Lutece Ile St. Louis June 17 - Paris June 18 - Fly home Please feel free to give me the good, the bad and the ugly regarding this itinerary. Also, anyone who has stayed at these hotels or can recommend others - all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Dac |
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Hi dac,
It's about 3:30 hr by car, almost all of it on highway, from CDG to Beaune. If you are coming from the US, do you want to drive that distance in a jet-lagged condition? You can take the train from CDG to Beaune (4 hr) or Avignon (3:30 hr, 25E). See www.voyages-sncf.com and enter Roissy for your departure point. We very much enjoyed our stay at www.hotel-grillon.fr in Beaune. See my trip report for details: http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=35014078 Enjoy your visit. ((I)) |
For my taste, it is too much driving. You will have hardly a chance to see something.
I would skip Le Puy-en-Velay. I don't find it too exciting. Better spend another day in the Alps. One full day for Bourgogne is too short. Skip one or two of the Sarlat days and take a little more time for Bourgogne and/or Paris. |
> I would skip Le Puy-en-Velay. <
We went out of our way (en route to the Provence) to go there and were quite disappointed. So - yes - I would skip Le Puy-en-Velay. > Better spend another day in the Alps. < We stayed near Annecy and, from there, had a wonderful day above Chamonix. So - yes - Better spend another day in the Alps. |
Thanks for your replies. If I skip Le Puy en Velay, then I guess I will just drive from Annecy to Sarlat. I know it is about a 5 1/2 hour drive. Anyone have any other suggestions or comments about the itinerary?
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Well I go on about Chablis and Auxerre though others are probably bored with my views. I find Beaune a bit dull and at least Chablis is small and pretty. Also there are a few lovely monesteries around and hollowed out hills filled with wine (Isigney for example).
If I had gone down this far by car I would pop over to Bescancon, look at the fortress and then the chapel at the end of the Vosges then back via Champagne to Paris. |
dac, we drove from the Rhone Valley (Cliousclat) to Domme in a day with no trouble. I have been to Le Puy en Velay too and it made for a nice day trip, but we were not awe-inspired by it. If you want to break up the trip you might consider spending a night in the Massif Central region a bit further west, south of Puy de Dome - a gorgeous, scarcely populated area quite unlike anywhere else I have been in France. There are lots of quaint towns to choose from; Le Murol and Besse-en-Chandesse come to mind. I think the route from Annecy would be through Clermont-Ferrand to Puy de Dome and then it would be an easy drive south to the Dordogne.
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It is rather a long drive from CDG to Beaune. I have a few times taken the TGV to Dijon and rented a car there at the train station. From there it's a pleasant 40 minute drive to Beaune.
Your time in Beaune seems about right to sample the town, which is not big, and tour the nearby vineyards. Sounds like a fun trip. |
Thanks to everyone for the advice. Anyone else?
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