Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin
A food and wine culture complex opened in 2022 within the historic hospital buildings, with an exhibition on French gastronomy's UNESCO listing, a large wine cellar for tasting by the glass, a cooking school and a food shop.
After French gastronomic meals were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2010, Dijon was chosen as one of four international cities of gastronomy. The complex was converted from a hospital dating back to the 15th century. The main exhibition tells the story of French table etiquette and Burgundy's terroir. There is also a cinema, a cooking school, a Burgundy wine school and a food street. The Wine City Cellar offers around 250 wines to taste by the glass, which is ideal for visitors without time to visit a winery. Public areas are free to enter, the exhibition ticket costs about 13 euros, and it is about a 15-minute walk south of Place d'Armes from the city center.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–19:00 (varies by shop)
Nearby sights
- Dijon Cathedral (Saint-Bénigne)
- Musée de la Vie bourguignonne
- Les Halles de Dijon
- Place de la Libération
- Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy
- Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon
- Well of Moses (Chartreuse de Champmol)
- Owl's Trail