Saulieu is a small town in the Côte-d'Or department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, a region of France which is southeast of Paris and north of Lyon.

Understand

Front of the Basilique and Fountain of Saint-Andoche

Get in

Saulieu is accessible from an exit from the A6 Autoroute.

There is also a train station.

Get around

One of the capitals of the Basilique

Walking is sufficient for most purposes.

See

• Basilique Saint-Andoche. This great Gothic cathedral is reason alone to visit Saulieu. 
• The peaceful Lake Chamboux.

Do

Lake Chamboux

Eat

• Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, 2, Rue Argentine, 21210 Saulieu, ☏ +33 3 80 90 53 53, contact@bernard-loiseau.com. A three-star restaurant in honour of Bernard Loiseau who was chief cook of La Côte d'Or until his death in 2003. Cheapest menu €70 (excluding drinks). 

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