We may have occasionally written about French wine before. (Et ici.) But really, c’est impossible to write about beautiful Bourgogne without even a sniff of the fact that it’s one of France’s main wine regions and routes, swallowing up the northern Rhône vineyards, the Côte d’Or and the Beaujolais wine trail on its boozy road from the Auxerrois to Mâcon.
Base yourself at a Bourgogne campsite to wend your way winewards – as we’re like the government and advocate drinking responsibly (le cough), we’ll also advocate stomach-lining with the best of Burgundy cuisine: beef bourguignon, escargots from Jovinien, Epoisses cheese and gingerbread from mustard and Bourgogne capital Dijon.
Away from the wine, Bourgogne camping is a kick-off point for activities of many flavours: the World Heritage Site of Vézelay Abbey, wildlife watching and kayaking in Boutissaint Natural Park, the prehistoric caves of the Grottes de Blanot, dozens of museums, and bubbling away with some Burgundy balneotherapy. A glass of vino might go down well at that last one too.
