Day 6 – Tuesday 16 September 2025 – Chalon-sur-Saone
The Mooring
The ship was still cruising when we woke. It moored at about 13:30 at an abandoned industrial site with rusted dock cranes a little north of the city. The only reason for cruising this long way was for the ‘Burgundy’ part of the cruise title.
We’d cruised past other hotel boats moored in the centre of the city and Dan suggested the reason for us mooring here was that it was cheaper.
Four coaches drove inland to Beaune, the capital of the Burgundy region. The advertised cellar tasting of Burgundy wines had been replaced by a visit to Hospices Civils de Beaune, l’Hôtel-Dieu, the mediaeval hospital founded in 1443 and famous for its coloured tile decorative roof.
Dan & Krisie in the courtyard of Hospices de Beaune - photo by Dan
As we’d visited Beaune and the Hospices de Beaune several times before and didn’t fancy nearly two hours in a coach we stayed behind while Dan & Krisie went to Beaune.
Joan & I stayed on board when Krisie & Dan went to Beaune - photo taken from shore by Dan
We strolled back along the river bank and had a look around Chalon-sur-Saone.
Fish'n'Chips - crispy tempura batter but where's the malt vinegar?
When Dan& Krisie returned they said they been given a timed ticket to enter the Hospices de Beaune, and the rest was all ‘free time’, they didn’t get the guided walking tour promised on the daily schedule.
Dan said they’d been told on the coach that the mooring position was cleverly chosen as the coaches avoided congestion driving through the centre of Chalon-sur-Saone.
At around 18:00 the ship sailed back downriver towards Lyon.
Place Setting, Scroll is the Menu, DJ is the Napkin
Filet Mignon Looked Good
Chocolate Nougat Tart
Dinner that night was only available in the main restaurant. Everyone had to go in at the same time for the Chef’s Signature Dinner. This was a multi-course experience meant to highlight the chef’s skill, but the tough stringy ‘filet mignon’ main course showed that skill didn’t extend to his choosing butchers. (This may be unfair to the chef who probably had to take what was delivered by the supplier which had tendered lowest to the company’s accountants.)
Mooring location - Chalon-sur-Saone: https://what3words.com/brushing.winters.crispy
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