Colors of Burgundy

Visit Chateauneuf, Roman ruins, medieval towns, and important sites in Catholicism. Burgundy is famed for its food and wine, so dining and wine-tasting will be as much fun as the biking!

Highlights

• Roam Beaune’s sprawling Hotel Dieu, a masterpiece of Flemish architecture and the site of a world-famous wine auction.
• Follow a quiet, tree-lined trail alongside the locks and barges of the Burgundy Canal.
• Step over the Seine River, near its source in the heart of the Bourgognian forest.
• Discover the gastronomic delights of a region known for its cheeses, wines, sausages, wild mushrooms, and creative chefs.
• Visit the haunting ruins of the 13th-century Abbey of Ste. Marguerite, and the beautifully restored grounds of the abbeys at Fontenay and Bussiere.
• Pedal through a quiet village, onto a solitary forest road, then emerge from the trees to see the feudal castle of Chateauneuf looming ahead beyond the pastures.
• Explore the old streets of medieval Semur-en-Auxois, perched high over a loop on the Armancon river.

Few regions in the world offer such a diversity of natural scenery, fine cuisine, and history as does the ancient kingdom of Burgundy. Join a small, friendly gay bike tour group and pedal through a historic area.

We begin in Beaune, a town dating back to the Caesars. Here, under the arched stone ceiling of a long cellar, sample some of Burgundy’s world-famous wines.

And so the week continues, an invigorating mix of quiet biking roads, villages lost in history, time-outs for hiking and skinny-dipping, encounters with the people of Burgundy, and of course, the food and wine for which Burgundy is known.

Burgundy would be magical under any circumstances. As you’ll discover, the magic is even greater in the company of a lively gay group.