Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Dijon, France
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Experience Dijon in France in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in DijonIndividual Sights in DijonSight 1: Jardin de l'Arquebuse
The Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse is a botanical garden and arboretum located at 1 Avenue Albert-Premier, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. It is open daily without charge.
Sight 2: Musée archéologique de Dijon
The Musée Archéologique de Dijon is an archaeology museum focusing on the archaeology of Burgundy that was founded in 1832, in Côte-d'Or within Dijon, France. It contains collections regarding "the men of Burgandy" that covers the periods of prehistory, protohistory, the rule of Ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages as well as collections of paleochristian art, sacred art, and church architecture. The museum's collection and location have been housed since 1934, in the main wing of the Abbey of St. Bénigne, situated next door to the Dijon Cathedral.
Sight 3: Théâtre des Feuillants
Sight 4: Maison dite Le Petit Cîteaux
The house Le Petit Cîteaux is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 5: Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne
Dijon Cathedral, or the Cathedral of Saint Benignus of Dijon, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Dijon, Burgundy, France, and dedicated to Saint Benignus of Dijon. The Gothic cathedral building, constructed between 1280 and 1325, and dedicated on 9 April 1393, is a listed national monument.
Sight 6: École nationale des Beaux-Arts
The former abbey palace of Saint-Bénigne de Dijon is a building located in the French city of Dijon.
Sight 7: Théâtre Dijon-Bourgogne
The Dijon-Bourgogne Theatre (TDB) is the national drama centre of Dijon. Located on Place Bossuet in the church of Saint-Jean in Dijon, known as the "Parvis Saint-Jean", it also has another smaller room, the Jacques Fornier room, located on rue d'Ahuy.
Sight 8: Ancienne Église Saint-Jean
The Church of Saint-Jean de Dijon is a disused Catholic church in the flamboyant Gothic style of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, located in Dijon in Côte-d'Or in Burgundy-Franche-Comté and dedicated to John the Apostle. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1862 and has been home to the Dijon-Bourgogne Theatre since 1974.
Sight 9: Hôtel d'Esterno
The Hôtel Bouchu dit d'Esterno, is a former private mansion located in Dijon, in the French department of Côte-d'Or, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France.
Sight 10: Hôtel Thomas Berbisey
The Hotel Thomas Berbisey is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.
Sight 11: Hôtel Petit de Ruffey
The Hotel Petit de Ruffey is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected area.
Sight 12: Hôtel de la Mare
The Hôtel de la Mare is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected area. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1947.
Sight 13: Hôtel de Sassenay
The Hôtel le Compasseur de Sassenay is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector. It is at 3 rue Berbisey.
Sight 14: Hôtel de Bretagne-Blancey
The Hôtel de Bretagne-Blancey is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector. It is located at 6-8 rue Berbisey. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1978.
Sight 15: Hôtel Gauthier
The Hôtel Gauthier is a private mansion located at the corner of Place des Cordeliers and Rue Charrue, in Dijon in the Côte-d'Or.
Sight 16: Hôtel de Gissey
The Hôtel Millotet or de Gissey is a private mansion located at 17 rue Piron, in Dijon in the Côte-d'Or.
Sight 17: Hôtel Fevret de Saint-Mesmin
The Hôtel Févret de Saint-Mesmin is a private mansion in the city of Dijon, France, located in its protected area. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1928.
Sight 18: Hôtel de Lux
The Hôtel de Lux is one of the private mansions surrounding Place Bossuet in the protected area of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or region of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 19: Hôtel Perreney de Baleure
The Hotel Perreney de Baleure is a private mansion in the city of Dijon, France, located in its protected area. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1950.
Sight 20: Hôtel Brûlart
The Hôtel Brûlart is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected area. It is one of the many private mansions on the Place Bossuet.
Sight 21: Maison aux Trois Visages
The House with Three Faces is a 15th-century half-timbered house in Dijon in the Côte-d'Or, at the corner of 54, 56 rue de la Liberté and 1 rue Bossuet. It has been classified as a historical monument since February 3, 1971.
Sight 22: Hôtel Burteur
The Hôtel Burteur is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located at 68 rue de la Liberté in the protected sector.
Sight 23: Hôtel de Talmay
The Hôtel de Talmay is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located at 3 rue Vauban, in its protected area.
Sight 24: Hôtel du Président Bouhier
The Hôtel Bouhier de Savigny is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected area at 12 rue Vauban. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1928.
Sight 25: Hôtel Legouz de Gerland
The Hotel Legouz de Gerland is a Renaissance, classical and nineteenth-century mansion located at 21 rue Vauban, in Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or department.
Sight 26: Hôtel Fyot de Mimeure
The Hôtel Fyot-de-Mimeure is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector, 23 rue de l'amiral Roussin.
Sight 27: Hôtel de Vienne
The Hôtel de Vienne is a private mansion in the city of Dijon, France, located at 32 rue Chabot-Charny, in its protected area.
Sight 28: Hôtel des Barres de Dijon
The Hôtel des Barres is a private mansion in the city of Dijon
Sight 29: Hôtel Muteau
The Hôtel Muteau is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located at 1 rue Legouz-Gerland, in its protected area.
Sight 30: Porte de l'Ancien Evêché
The Porte de l'ancien évêché is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 31: Musée Magnin
The Musée Magnin is a national museum in the French city of Dijon in Burgundy, in the Côte-d'Or department, with a collection of around 2,000 works of art collected by Maurice Magnin and his sister Jeanne and bequeathed to the state in 1938, along with the hôtel Lantin, a 17th-century hôtel particulier in the old-town quarter of Dijon where it is now displayed as an amateur collector's cabinet of curiosities and as the Magnin family home.
Sight 32: Tour Philippe Le Bon
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The Philippe le Bon Tower of the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon in Côte-d'Or is a Classical and Renaissance style tower of the fifteenth century under the Duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon.
Sight 33: Théâtre Municipal
The Grand Théâtre de Dijon is a theatre located in Dijon.
Sight 34: Hôtel Nicolas Rolin
The Hotel Rolin is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located at 8 rue Jeannin, in its protected area.
Sight 35: Hôtel Berbis de Longecourt
The Hotel Berbis de Longecourt is a private mansion located at 45 rue Jeannin, in Dijon in the Côte-d'Or. Its staircase is classified as a historical monument.
Sight 36: Église Saint-Michel
The Saint-Michel church, located in the protected area of Dijon, is a sixteenth-century church famous for its Renaissance façade, considered one of the most beautiful in France. It is classified as a historical monument by the list of 1840.
Sight 37: Hôtel Buffon
The Buffon hotel is a mansion in the city of Dijon located in its saved sector.
Sight 38: Hôtel Grasset
The Hôtel Thomas or Grasset is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.
Sight 39: Hôtel Frantin
The Hôtel Frantin or de Cirey is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected area at 62, rue Chabot-Charny.
Sight 40: Synagogue de Dijon
The Synagogue of Dijon is a synagogue located in Dijon in the French department of Côte-d'Or. It is listed in its entirety in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments by prefectural decree of 15 March 1989.
Sight 41: Porte Saint-Pierre
The Porte Saint-Pierre is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 42: Hôtel de Samerey
The Hôtel de Samerey is a 16th-century French Renaissance-style mansion located at 19 Rue du Petit Potet, in Dijon, and listed as a historical monument since 10 February 1946.
Sight 43: Tour du Petit Saint-Benigne
The Petit Saint-Bénigne Tower is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 44: Hôtel Rigoley de Chevigny
The Hôtel Rigoley de Chevigny is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector.
Sight 45: Chapelle des Carmélites
The Carmelite chapel of Dijon is what remains of a former Carmelite convent from the seventeenth century. It is located in the protected centre of Dijon. The façade has been classified as a historical monument since 1910.
Sight 46: Musée de la vie bourguignonne Perrin de Puycousin
The Perrin de Puycousin Museum of Burgundian Life is a "Burgundian ethnological museum" housed in the Bernardine monastery of Dijon in Côte-d'Or and associated with the Dijon Museum of Sacred Art of the Sainte-Anne church in Dijon.
Wikipedia: Musée de la vie bourguignonne Perrin de Puycousin (FR), Website
Sight 47: Academy's Loft
The Hôtel Despringles or de Grandmont or de l'Académie de Dijon is a private mansion in the city of Dijon located in its protected sector, rue Monge.
Sight 48: Chapelle des Climats
The Grande Chapelle is located in the former Dijon General Hospital. Built from the sixteenth century as the hospital's sick room, it was remodelled several times to become a chapel from 1843 to 2015, the date of its execration. It now serves as an exhibition room within the Cité internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin. Its façade and interior are classified as historical monuments.
Wikipedia: Grande Chapelle de l'hôpital général de Dijon (FR)
Sight 49: Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin
The International City of Gastronomy and Wine (CIGV) of Dijon is one of the cities of gastronomy, located on the site of the former general hospital of Dijon. Its mission is to promote both the gastronomic meal of the French and the "climats" of the Burgundy vineyards, both of which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The complex was inaugurated on May 6, 2022.
Wikipedia: Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin (FR), Website
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