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Le d'Antan Sancerrois lies in the thick of the old city, boasts a Michelin star, and is
a fine place to do it up right sans breaking le banque (€34-85 menus , closed Sun-Mon, 50
Rue Bourbonnoux, tel. 02 48 65 96 26).
Le Bourbonnoux offers good menus and fair prices, and copious servings (€13-34
menus , closed Fri and Sun, 44 Rue Bourbonnoux, tel. 02 48 24 14 76).
Chez Jacques Restaurant, withoutdoortablesacrossfromthePalaisJacquesCœur,
is a fine place to watch the Nuits Lumière sound-and-light show on summer evenings
(simple brasserie-type menus from €12, tel. 02 48 24 01 37).
Bourges Connections
From Bourges by Train to: Paris (15/day,2-3hours,mostwith1change), Amboise (10/
day, 2 hours, 1 change), Beaune (7/day, 2.5 hours, transfer in Nevers), Sarlat (4/day, 6-7
hours, 2-4 changes).
Between Burgundy and Lyon
Drivers traveling south from Beaune should think about detouring into the lovely, un-
spoiled Mâconnais countryside. Brancion, Chapaize, Cluny, and Taizé gather a few
minutes from one another, about 30 minutes west of the autoroute between Mâcon and
Tournus (see map on here ) . For a lovely romp through vineyards and unspoiled villages,
drive south of Beaune on D-974 to Chagny, then hook up with D-981 to Cluny (via Givry,
Buxy, and Cormatin). South of Buxy, be on the lookout for a surprising château on the
west side of the road in cute little Sercy. D-14 heading east to Brancion meets D-981 at
Cormatin.
Non-drivers can reach Cluny and Taizé by bus (see info under each sight for details).
Brancion and Chapaize
An hour south of Beaune by car (12 miles west of Tournus on D-14) are two tiny
villages, each with “daughters of Cluny”—churches that owe their existence and ar-
chitectural design to the nearby and once-powerful Cluny Abbey. Between the villages
you'll pass a Stonehenge-era menhir (standing stone) with a cross added on top at a later
point—evidence that this was sacred ground long before Christianity (from Brancion, it's
on the right just after passing the bulky Château de Nobles).
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