Taxi Dijon → Mâcon

Mâcon is a city of 35,000 inhabitants, prefecture of Saône-et-Loire, stretching along the Saône in a luminous setting already evoking the south of France. Birthplace of Romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), whose memory is everywhere — Ursulines Museum, Hôtel de Senecé, statue on the quay — Mâcon is best known as the capital of the Mâconnais wine region. The white wines of Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles and Saint-Véran, made from chardonnay grapes on limestone soils, are among the finest whites of Burgundy. The Rock of Solutré, a 493-metre limestone spur rising above the vineyards, is the Mâconnais's iconic image: a major prehistoric site (Prehistory Museum at its base), it offers exceptional panoramas of the Alps, Beaujolais and the Bresse. Mâcon is also the northern gateway to Beaujolais, whose crus (Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie, Saint-Amour) begin just a few kilometres south. Taxis from Dijon are popular with wine tourists, TGV connecting passengers (Mâcon-Loché TGV station) and hikers heading to Solutré.