Two guides lead a cycle route from Beaune to Meursault through locations associated with La Grande Vadrouille. The ride passes plots belonging to the Domaine des Hospices de Beaune and stops at the film’s Kommandantur before returning along the greenway. Visits to the Hôtel-Dieu connect the filming locations with the hospital’s buildings, and bicycles and helmets are provided.
Topic: events
Airs et Songes de la Traversière
Gabrielle Rubio brings the baroque transverse flute to Airs et Songes de la Traversière at Beaune’s Hôtel-Dieu. Hiéryne Lassale joins her on viola da gamba, Thibaut Roussel on theorbo and baroque guitar, and Cécile Chartrain on harpsichord. Rubio’s dual practice as flautist and guitarist reflects her training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.
Mon Hôtel-Dieu: Burgundian Hospitality
Julie Leflaive of Maison Olivier Leflaive leads a visit through the Hôtel-Dieu’s history of Burgundian hospitality. Rooms and objects prompt personal memories, connecting the hospital’s practice of care with her own experience. The conversation follows the themes of care, wine and bread, moving between the monument’s public history and the stories of people attached to it.
Les Maîtres Sonneurs
The Kraken Consort brings Celtic songs and instrumental tunes to Les Maîtres Sonneurs at Besançon’s music festival. Flutes, bagpipes, cittern and theorbo weave around the singers, drawing on traditions from Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. The eight musicians connect oral repertoires with written music in a programme named after George Sand’s novel.
Hospices Archives and First Wine Sale
Olga Ponchet of the Côte-d’Or Departmental Archives traces the beginnings of the Hospices de Beaune wine sale. Correspondence from Hôtel-Dieu bursar Joseph Pétasse and catalogues of vintages reveal how the auction took shape. Plans, registers, photographs and eyewitness accounts place the wine event within the hospital’s changing work in healthcare.
Plumes & Archives Calligraphy Workshop
Plumes & Archives brings palaeography and calligraphy together through the Hôtel-Dieu’s hospital records. Participants inspect parchments, lettering and administrative registers before reproducing a passage in an old-fashioned hand. Andréa Hautevelle, who oversees the Hospices Civils de Beaune archives, leads this practical encounter with the institution’s written history.
Pains Vins Fromages Tasting Salon
Wine producers, artisan breads and cheeses fill the Halles de Beaune for Pains Vins Fromages. The tasting pairs wines from several vineyards with five cheese plates, highlighting cheeses from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Tourism students from Lycée Clos Maire organise the salon and welcome guests at the stands, with a tasting glass included in admission.
Fêtes de la Vigne Archives
Original documents from Dijon’s Municipal Archives trace the origins and changing character of Les Fêtes de la Vigne. The exhibition examines the festival’s roots in Burgundy’s wine-growing traditions alongside local folklore. Its international and multicultural connections emerge through the records, with guided visits offering another way into this chapter of Dijon’s public life.
Biou de Montholier
Biou de Montholier is a grape-harvest celebration rooted in the religious traditions of the Jura vineyards. The village gathering is organised by the Comité des Fêtes de Montholier, whose volunteers also run local festivities. The custom is also celebrated in Arbois, Pupillin and Vadans, linking Montholier with other Jura winegrowing villages.
Grande Saline Guided Visit
Beneath Salins-les-Bains, a working wheel, wooden rocker arm and pump reveal how brine was drawn from the Grande Saline’s wells. The guided route continues into the evaporation room, where harvesting tools and France’s last surviving salt pan explain the salt workers’ craft. The Salt Museum and a saltwater evaporation workshop extend the visit beyond the underground gallery.