Dijon is not an enormous city and the part you'll want to see is neatly confined in the centre and eminently walkable. Whether you arrive by road or rail from either Paris and the north or Lyon and the south, you find yourself almost inevitably at the gare SNCF – the gare routière is next door, along with an Internet access shop, Multi-Rezo, at 21 cour de la gare routière. Buzz flies daily from London Stansted to Dijonairport; all arrivals and departures are served by a bus operated by and from the main tourist office on place Darcy.From immediately outside the station, a five-minute walk down avenue Maréchal-Foch takes you to place Darcy, in the middle of which is the tourist office (daily: May to mid-Oct 9am–8pm; mid-Oct to April 10am–6pm; tel 03.80.44.11.44, www.ot-dijon.fr). There's a smaller sub-office at 34 rue des Forges (May to mid-Oct Mon–Sat 9am–1pm & 2–6pm; mid-Oct to April Mon–Fri 9am–noon & 2–6pm), which also houses the Club Alpin, who produce a booklet, Promenez-vous en Côte d'Or, showing all the region's marked paths. Both offices offer information on what's on, plus services such as hotel booking, money changing and guided tours of the city. They also sell the "Dijon card" which allows access to all the museums listed here, and gives free guided tours and public transport; you can buy it in 24-hour (€8), 48-hour (€11) or 72-hour (€14) versions. Dijon has no shortage of reasonably priced hotels in the centre of town, but it's worth booking at least a week in advance if you plan to stay in the busy months of May, June, September and October. The two hostels are inconveniently located on the east side of the city.
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