Your shopping list may include regional wines, mustard, antiques, pain d’épices (spiced bread), and the blackcurrant liqueur, Crème de Cassis. The best shopping streets are rue de la Liberté, rue du Bourg, rue Bossuet, Place Grangier for designer shops and rue Verrerie for antiques. The market at Les Halles, rue Odebert, sells fruit, vegetables, and foodstuffs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday on Tuesday, and Thursday to Saturday 7:30am to 1pm.

Dijon has several great fromageries (cheese shops) including Le Chalet Comtois, 28 rue Musette (tel. 03-80-30-48-61); look out for the regionally made semi-soft Cîteaux, made by monks in the abbey of the same name, and pungent, unctuous Époisses.

For wine, we like Dr. Wine, 5 rue Musette (www.drwine.fr; tel. 03-80-53-35-16) a hybrid shop, restaurant and wine club; you can have a full-blown meal or nibble delicious platters of ham and cheese. Les Clos Vivants, 1 rue Musette (lesclosvivants.fr; tel. 03-80-30-45-01), is another brilliant wine shop that runs tastings.

You won’t be able to pass Jonathan Pautet, 2 rue de la Chouette (jonathanpautet.fr; tel. 03-80-67-17-88) without going in to buy some cakes or chocolates (the chocolate snails, filled with ganache, marzipan and praline are a must).

At La Boutique Maille, 32 rue de la Liberté (maille.com; tel. 03-80-30-41-02), you can purchase many varieties of the world-famous mustard while Mulot et Petitjean (their ornately paneled flagship store is at 13 pl. Bossuet; www.mulotpetitjean.fr; tel. 03-80-30-07-10) is the place to go for homemade pain d’épices. You can find out how the product is made at their factory at 6 bd. de l’Ouest (tel. 03-80-53-17-10; Tues–Sat 10am–12:30pm and 2–6:30pm; 8€ adults).

For antiques and interiors, head to the half-timbered streets around rue Verrerie. Southeast of the city center, Le Consortium, 37 rue de Longvic (www.leconsortium.fr; tel. 03-80-68-45-55), is Dijon’s most interesting modern-art gallery.

For the last 40 years, Le Baldaquin, 13 rue Verrerie (www.le-baldaquin-dijon.fr; tel. 03-80-33-95-40 has been a children’s treasure trove of wooden toys and mobiles. 

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.