Beaune

Beaune doesn't announce itself. There's no skyline, no grand boulevard, no famous landmark visible from miles away. What greets you instead is a ring of medieval ramparts, a tangle of narrow streets, and the improbable sight of a 15th-century hospital roofed in glazed Burgundian tiles – still doing its work in the world with quiet dignity.

This is the wine capital of Burgundy. Every street seems to lead to a cellar, and every cellar has a story about terroir, climate, and the obsessive precision required to coax a Grand Cru from a single hillside. But Beaune is not just a wine destination. It's a medieval town that happens to have aged extraordinarily well.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tour takes you through 30 locations in 60 minutes – past Place Carnot's cheese shops and carousel, along Rue du Paradis, through centuries of ducal intrigue and revolutionary fervour. Put in your earbuds and let Beaune open up, slowly, at your pace.