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In January, Feluka's planner fills 3 full days in Dijon, fitting each place around its listed opening hours and visit length. Here is that plan, day by day, in the order the planner visits them.
The opening hours behind this plan come from each place’s listing and are unverified; they may have changed, so check before you go.
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Day 1: Faubourg Raines, Centre-Ville Arquebuse Garden about 60 min A 19th-century botanical garden with a trail through 70 grape varieties, an arboretum and a rose garden, near the station.
What to do there Follow the garden-of-flavours trail among the grape varieties Stroll the arboretum and the rose garden Look for the centuries-old cypress Go to the planetarium Faubourg Raines Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 1 Av. Albert 1er, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon, golden hour Website › On the map › Something wrong?
International City of Gastronomy and Wine about 90 min An exhibition centre on the French gastronomic meal on the site of the old general hospital, with Le 1204 and wine tastings.
What to do there See the exhibition on the French gastronomic meal Visit Le 1204 on 2,000 years of Dijon's growth (free) Join a wine tasting Visit the chapel Faubourg Raines 12 parvis de l'Unesco, 21000 Dijon Best: late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
L'Épicerie et Cie about 80 min A restaurant of grandmothers' recipes beside the Cité de la Gastronomie: eggs in meurette, Gaston Gérard chicken, open daily.
What to do there Order the eggs in meurette sauce with époisses Try the Gaston Gérard chicken Order the beef cheek Start with the jambon persillé Centre-Ville 5 Pl. Émile Zola, 21000 Dijon Best: lunch, dinner Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Saint-Bénigne Cathedral about 45 min The former abbey church with a Romanesque crypt, the remains of a rotunda built around the year 1000, and a 93 m spire.
What to do there See the Romanesque crypt under the cathedral Look up at the 93 m spire Centre-Ville Pl. Saint Bénigne, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Maille Mustard Shop about 25 min The Maille shop in the town centre, open since 1845, with mustards served from a pump and truffle mustards.
What to do there Taste mustards with original flavours Have a pot filled with mustard from the pump Try the truffle mustards Centre-Ville 32 Rue de la Liberté, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Le Central about 90 min A bistro-style restaurant with an open kitchen, fish and seafood, a meat maturing cellar and a dessert trolley.
What to do there Choose from the dessert trolley Order aged meat from the maturing cellar Try the crêpe Suzette Centre-Ville 3 Pl. Grangier, 21000 Dijon Best: lunch, dinner On the map › Something wrong?
Day 2: Centre-Ville Magnin National Museum about 75 min A national museum in the Hôtel Lantin, a 17th-century townhouse, with paintings of the 16th to 19th centuries, furniture and objets d'art.
What to do there Walk through the bedroom, the study and the golden salon See paintings of the 16th to 19th centuries Centre-Ville 4 Rue des Bons Enfants, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Fine Arts Museum about 120 min The fine arts museum in the ducal palace, with the Valois dukes' tombs and the 15th-century ducal kitchens; permanent collections are free.
What to do there See the tombs of the Valois dukes of Burgundy Visit the 15th-century ducal kitchens Walk the collection from Antiquity to the 21st century Centre-Ville Palais des ducs et des Etats de Bourgogne, Pl. de la Sainte-Chapelle, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
La Brasserie des Loges about 80 min A brasserie by the Fine Arts Museum on Place du Théâtre, with a Burgundian menu at 29.90 euros, open lunch to late every day.
What to do there Start with the jambon persillé Try the gougère with époisses Order poached eggs in meurette sauce Finish with the apple and blackcurrant crumble Centre-Ville 8 Pl. du Théâtre, 21000 Dijon Best: lunch, dinner Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Fallot Mustard Shop about 30 min The shop of the Edmond Fallot mustard house on Rue de la Chouette, with a mustard bar, loose mustard in stoneware pots and a workshop.
What to do there Taste mustards at the mustard bar Have a stoneware pot filled with loose mustard Watch mustard made with stone millstones Book a make-your-own-mustard workshop Centre-Ville 16 Rue de la Chouette, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Notre-Dame Church about 30 min A Burgundian Gothic church of 1230 to 1250 with the Jacquemart clock and the stone owl that visitors touch with the left hand.
What to do there Touch the owl with your left hand and make a wish See the Jacquemart clock on the south tower Spot the gargoyles on the outside Centre-Ville 2 Place Notre Dame, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
La Menuiserie about 70 min A bistro with at least 50 percent organic, mostly Burgundy-Franche-Comté produce, open for lunch Monday to Saturday.
What to do there Share small plates and tapas Order dishes made with organic local produce Centre-Ville 28 Rue des Godrans, 21000 Dijon Best: lunch, dinner On the map › Something wrong?
Day 3: Centre-Ville Saint-Michel Church about 25 min A 15th and 16th century church whose portal of the Last Judgement mixes flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance ornament.
What to do there See the sculpted portal of the Last Judgement Look for the paintings by Franz Kraus Centre-Ville 5 Pl. Saint-Michel, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
Rude Museum about 40 min A free museum of sculptures by the Dijon-born François Rude, in a former 11th-century church.
What to do there See François Rude's plaster mouldings Look at the sculptures in a former 11th-century church Centre-Ville 8 Rue Vaillant, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Brasserie des Beaux-Arts about 60 min The brasserie on the ground floor of the Fine Arts Museum, with a terrace in the Bar Courtyard, open daytime except Tuesday.
What to do there Have a bite on the terrace in the Bar Courtyard Order the menu of the day Centre-Ville 1-3 Pl. des Ducs de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon Best: lunch On the map › Something wrong?
Museum of Burgundian Life about 60 min A free museum of regional history and everyday life, with costumes and reconstructed shops, in an old monastery.
What to do there See the costumes and everyday objects Walk through the reconstructed shops Stroll the cloister Centre-Ville 17 Rue Sainte-Anne, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Sacred Art Museum about 40 min A free museum of liturgical objects in the domed Baroque chapel of a former Bernardine monastery.
What to do there See the Baroque Visitation group under the porphyry baldachin Look at the silverware, vestments and polychrome statues Centre-Ville 15 Rue Sainte-Anne, 21000 Dijon Best: morning, late morning, afternoon Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Fuseau about 90 min A 34-seat restaurant of old Burgundian recipes reworked with modern technique, open Tuesday to Saturday.
What to do there Order old Burgundian recipes reworked with modern technique Share plates, tapas style Centre-Ville 15 Rue Berbisey, 21000 Dijon Best: lunch, dinner On the map › Something wrong?
In short 3 full days, 18 places, planned for January. The app adjusts the plan to the day you go.
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