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Burgundy’s Beaune is an idyllic Easter break destination. Here enjoy the annual Beaune Antique Fair followed by an ‘open-cellar’ in neighbouring wine commune Monthelie where wine tastings are soaked up by pizza fresh from the wood stove.

Arrive at airport two hours before departure, pay £10 per kilo excess baggage, get charged £5 for a thimble-full of wine on the plane… Doesn’t sound much like a break? With Location Burgundy you can have your holiday your way.

With grape harvest in full swing Burgundy can now look forward to La Vente des Vins. In November Christies will auction off local wines to some of the biggest wine buyers in the world. Meanwhile residents take the opportunity to throw a 3 day fête.

France, one of the most popular destinations for buying property abroad, is still an enigma to the Brits. Beware, the enigma percolates through to the property market. Heed Burgundy-based Arena Park France’s tips for buying a home in rural France.

It’s difficult to buy a home in the sophisticated wine villages of Burgundy. This French region’s fertile land is worth more to locals cloaked in rows of vineyards than it is developed into modern housing so there's a real shortage of supply.