Burgundy by train, from Belfort

The Côte de Nuits is one of the few great wine regions the railway crosses from village to village. The Dijon–Beaune line runs along the slope, and some trains stop in the villages themselves.

From Belfort, the day trip needs no hotel: about 1 h 45 by road, about as long by train. You leave in the morning and are home in the evening.

Around sixteen trains a day run from Belfort to Dijon. The fastest takes about 1 h 10.

The TGVs leave from Belfort–Montbéliard TGV station and do a little better, though that station sits 10 km out of town. Some trains need one change on the way; the first leaves before 7:00 and the runs stay steady through the evening.

From Dijon, the TER line to Beaune takes 20 to 25 minutes, with departures all day. Check that your train stops: some run through to Beaune without halting.

Gevrey-Chambertin has its own station, a short walk from the cellars around the church. So does Nuits-Saint-Georges, the last village of the Côte de Nuits, where cellars stay open later.

At Beaune, the walk from the station leads to the ramparts and the Hospices, whose full visit costs €12.50. The evening train returns you to Dijon, then Belfort.

The “Burgundy in 2 days” carnet costs €29, once. It gathers every village, drive time and table, already ordered, on your phone and as a PDF.

Its routes are written for a car. By train, keep its choice of domaines and tables, and swap the drive times for the rail times above.

The train serves the villages, but not the clos between them. From Gevrey to Vougeot you walk, and the day ends with the last TER.

By car, the same day fits in 1 h 45 of motorway and leaves the cellar hours to you. The train suits those who taste little and walk a lot.

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