Seurre France
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24 Cruises
| 18 March | 8 days | One-way from Dijon to Lyon |
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| 25 March | 8 days | One-way from Lyon to Dijon |
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| 22 July | 8 days | One-way from Dijon to Lyon |
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| 29 July | 8 days | One-way from Lyon to Dijon |
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Frequently Asked Questions
At shaded quays on the bank of the Saône, steps from the first houses. Seurre lies halfway between Dijon and Chalon. You go ashore with no queue and no ticket desk.
Few, and it is better put plainly: nothing here calls for superlatives. The Saint-Martin church raises a plain Gothic outline, and the 17th-century Hôtel-Dieu keeps an old apothecary. It is modest and moving rather than grand.
Either stay: church, Hôtel-Dieu, lanes and flowered quays make a morning of complete calm. Or take an excursion to Beaune and the grand cru road, which fills the whole half day. Seurre is a quiet gateway to the vineyards.
A 17th-century hospital pharmacy left in place, with its panelling and faience jars lined up on the shelves as they always were. It is the heritage stop of the town: it speaks of care and local memory rather than display.
A group of old rural dwellings, dismantled and rebuilt piece by piece to preserve the traditional housing of the Saône valley, just beyond the last houses of the town.
Yes, it is close by, and it is the most requested excursion: the Hospices with their glazed roofs, cellars dug beneath the ramparts, and the grand cru road of the Côte de Beaune. Allow the full half day.
Yes, the voie bleue follows the river and this bank is made for long pauses. The flowered quays also suit a quiet walk along the water, past anglers and boaters stopping over.
A bakery, a cheesemonger, cafes and a charcuterie on the main street: everything needed for a Burgundy picnic to eat on a bench facing the Saône. That is better provided than many river stops of this size.
The euro. Shops in town generally take cards, but keep cash: in a small town like this the baker knows his customers by first name, not necessarily by card number.
Those looking for a pause between two more monumental stops. Take Seurre for what it offers: a river France with no staged scenery, where time is measured by passing barges. Oddly, it is often this stop that leaves the sharpest memory.
