Beaune Audio Guided Walking Tour 1h and 19 audio comments

With its slender silhouette and pointed roof covered with glazed tiles, it looks like it’s straight out of a history book.

Welcome to Beaune, city of wine, certainly... but also a city of history. Its name today evokes Grand Crus and Hospices, but Beaune has much more to tell. Its history begins in antiquity. The Romans go there

You stand here in front of one of the treasures of Burgundy heritage: the Hospices de Beaune, also called Inn-Dieu. Cannot miss them with their flamboyant glazed tile roofs, geometric patterns

You are on the Place de la Halle, in the historic center of Beaune. It takes its name from the old, now extinct, market halls where the Covered Point of Sale once stood. Right next door are the famous Hospices of

Situated right next to the basilica, this cobblestone square offers a nice view of the ancient facades and is a real transition point between the medieval alleys and the rest

With the appearance of a small cathedral, it has looked after the city for more than eight centuries. Its imposing silhouette, Romanesque bell tower and sober facade recall the time when

Look up... Here is one of Beaune’s most recognizable silhouettes: the belfry. With its tall tower capped by a soaring bell tower, it has dominated the roofs of the city since the Middle Ages and remains a must-see landmark

She pays tribute to Gaspard Monge, a mathematician born here in 1746. He is best known for founding descriptive geometry, an essential discipline

but deeply rooted in the solidarity history of Beaune. Founded in 1645 by a couple of benefactors, Antoine Rousseau and Barbe Deslandes, this

This place, founded in 1626, originally housed Ursuline nuns, responsible for the education of young girls. After the Revolution

Majestic, it marks the northern entrance to the historic centre of Beaune. In the past, it was an integral part of the ramparts surrounding the

that Beaunois particularly love: the Théâtre de Verdure. Nestled in the heart of Bouzaize Park, it is a small natural setting where the scene is at

This colourful mural pays tribute to one of the most cult films of French cinema... and at one of its iconic filming locations: Beaune. Released in 1966, La Grande Vadrouille features Louis de Funès and

steeped in history: the old Jacobins chapel. It is all that remains today of an important convent founded in Beaune in the thirteenth century by the Dominican Order,

th its sober facade and neoclassical-inspired columns. Built in the 19th century, it reflects the architectural codes of the time: symmetry, grandeur, and a certain solemnity,

Founded in 1619, it was home for more than two centuries to a community of Carmelites, those cloistered nuns who lived in prayer, solitude and simplicity. Here, not

It is here that everything converges: shopping streets, lively terraces, morning walkers like evening strollers. A place that is both historic and resolutely alive, where heritage and the art of

I invite you to go back and forth on this street to discover it, and in particular to see its most important part.