Must-see attractions in Dijon

  • Musée des Beaux-Arts

    Dijon

    Nearing the end of a nine-year renovation, these sprawling galleries in Dijon's monumental Palais des Ducs are works of art in themselves and constitute…

  • Notre Dame church in Dijon, France.

    Église Notre Dame

    Dijon

    A block north of the Palais des Ducs, this church was built between 1220 and 1240. Its extraordinary façade's three tiers are lined with leering gargoyles…

  • Philip the Good Tower, Dijon, France.

    Tour Philippe le Bon

    Dijon

    Adjacent to the ducal palace, this 46m-high, mid-15th-century tower affords fantastic views over the city. On a clear day you can see all the way to Mont…

  • Rue de la Chouette

    Dijon

    Around the north side of Église Notre Dame, this street is named after the small stone owl (chouette) carved into the exterior corner of the chapel…

  • La Fabrique de Pain d'Épices

    Dijon

    Around the time of the French Revolution, Mulot & Petitjean founded one of several bakeries making Dijon's famous pain d'épices (gingerbread). Nine…

  • Musée de la Vie Bourguignonne

    Dijon

    Housed in a 17th-century Cistercian convent, this museum explores village and town life in Burgundy in centuries past with evocative tableaux illustrating…

  • Musée Archéologique

    Dijon

    Truly surprising Celtic, Gallo-Roman and Merovingian artefacts are displayed here, including a particularly fine 1st-century AD bronze of the Celtic river…

  • Musée Magnin

    Dijon

    In 1938, art collectors Jeanne and Maurice Magnin turned their historic townhouse over to the state to display, in perpetuity, the excellent collection…

  • Maison des Cariatides

    Dijon

    Its Renaissance-style façade bursting with stone caryatids, soldiers and vines, Maison des Cariatides is one of Dijon's finest buildings. Dating to the…

  • Hôtel de Vogüé

    Dijon

    Behind Église Notre Dame, the 17th-century Hôtel de Vogüé is renowned for the ornate carvings around the arches of its exquisitely proportioned…

  • Jardin de l'Arquebuse

    Dijon

    A delightful place for a Sunday stroll, this 5-hectare park south of the train station encompasses the colourful flower beds and rose trellises of Dijon's…

  • Maison Maillard

    Dijon

    Originally built in the mid-16th century for Jean Maillard, mayor of Dijon, this Renaissance-style gem sports a façade richly ornamented with garlands,…

  • Maison Millière

    Dijon

    Figures of an owl and a cat perch high atop the roof of the 15th-century Maison Millière, which was a setting in the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac with…

  • Hôtel Aubriot

    Dijon

    Originally built in the 13th-century, the Hôtel Aubriot's elegant façade owes some of its current splendour to restoration work completed in the early…

  • Jardin Darcy

    Dijon

    Dijon has plenty of green spaces that are perfect for picnics, including this inviting park between the train station and the historic centre.

  • Puits de Moïse

    Dijon

    This famous grouping of six Old Testament figures, carved from 1395 to 1405 by court sculptor Claus Sluter and his nephew Claus de Werve, is on the…

  • Église St-Michel

    Dijon

    Originally Gothic, this church subsequently underwent a façade-lift operation in which it was given a richly ornamented Renaissance west front. Its two…

  • Hôtel Chambellan

    Dijon

    The 17th-century Hôtel Chambellan is one of many noble buildings along rue des Forges. Alas, its most interesting feature, a courtyard with a splendid…

  • Cathédrale St-Bénigne

    Dijon

    Built over the tomb of St Benignus (believed to have brought Christianity to Burgundy in the 2nd century), Dijon's Burgundian Gothic–style cathedral was…

  • Hôtel de Ville

    Dijon

    Dijon's town hall sits smack in the middle of the Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne.

  • Tour de Bar

    Dijon

    This squat 14th-century tower once served as a prison.

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