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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).
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).
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
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).
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).