A more deep and intimate knowledge of Burgundy can not be gained unless it is facilitated by living in a house where one feels well, relaxed and able to collect one’s thoughts.
Bourgogne En Douce chose a place of charm, simple and relaxing, as in the most bucolic of our dreams. Villeferry, in the northern part of Auxois, is a tiny village perched on a hill, working and modest despite its fortified farm of the XV century. The last houses of the village, grouped around an old orchard on a hill they dominate, today form the domain of Le Verger sous les Vignes.
In the heart of the district of Vitteaux
Vitteaux and its surrounding district (canton) are archetypes of the Auxois region. This little town of less than a thousand inhabitants is the size of a village, but with the remains of a past flourishing enough to have been a capital: the Belime house of the XII century and the market of the XIVcentury; but also the entire downtown area, with its houses made in part of wood. The canton, which is made up of little villages of old stone houses spread out over the plains and the hills, remains practically unchanged.
The population density is very low and thanks to that, the most well known sites have remained a little secret: such as the abatial of Saint-Thibault, a true gothic cathedral constructed out in the middle of the fields; or the magnificent chateau of Posanges from the 14 century.
The neighboring cantons of Semur and Precy sous Thil are a little different. They are on flatter ground, though the Butte de Thil is the sentinel point of Auxois.