COVID Information

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Latest news on measures to combat COVID-19

The latest news regarding measures for fighting COVID-19

For your visit to Beaune, we have prepared some useful information to help you enjoy a pleasant stay:
 

• Pass Sanitaire (Covid Health Pass) and Wearing a Mask
• List of pharmacies and medical centres for PCR / antigenic tests
• Travelling to Beaune from abroad
• Reception in our Tourist Office network
• The ‘Tous Anti Covid’ (All Against Covid) mobile phone application

Beaune and the Pays Beaunois area: a haven of peace in the heart of Burgundy

 

Restaurants and hotels are open again, and are already welcoming guests. The Burgundy experience in Côte de Beaune and Hautes Côtes de Beaune awaits you.

All the tourism providers in Pays Beaunois have resumed service* and will be delighted to welcome you. The Burgundy experience in Côte de Beaune and Hautes Côtes de Beaune awaits you.

 
The Government is using the Health Pass to guarantee everyone’s safety

Since 30th June 2021, life has almost returned to normal thanks to the Pass Sanitaire.

• The curfew is no longer in force
• Wearing a mask outdoors is compulsory in town and city centres and in the following cases, so be careful to keep a mask to hand, to slip over your mouth and nose:
  In enclosed places - restaurants and public places included
  Outdoors in the following cases:
  • At markets
  • When meeting together in crowded places
  • In queues
  • In grandstands and stadia
  • On public transport
• There are no longer frequentation limit controls for places to visit or restaurants.
• Introduction of the health pass: some places will only be accessible to vaccinated people or those who’ve tested negative (as customers, users or employees).
  • Since August 2021 -
    • In cafés, restaurants, commercial centres, hospitals, old people’s homes or medical and social care homes
    • For travel by air, train and bus for long-distance journeys
    • In leisure and cultural venues (amusement parks, shows, festivals grouping together 50 people of more than 12 years old)
    • In venues accommodating more than 1000 persons and discotheques more than 50 persons

How do I get a Covid-19 test in Beaune-Burgundy?

Pharmacies and medical centers in Beaune and Pays Beaunois offering the possibility to do a PCR test

In Beaune

• Pharmacie Madeleine - Google maps

16 Rue du Faubourg Madeleine
03 80 22 13 33
8.30am-12pm and 1.45pm-7.00pm
Booking by phone
SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test
English spoken

• Pharmacie Labbé - Google Maps

7-9 Avenue de la Résistance
03 80 22 18 94
8.30am-12.15pm/1.45pm-7.45pm
Sunday : Closed
Book online : https://www.pharmacielabbe.fr/

• Centre de Santé ADMR Beaune - Google Maps

In Chagny

• Grande Pharmacie de Chagny - Google Maps

14 bis Avenue Général De Gaulle
03 85 87 13 32
8.30am-7.30pm
Sunday : closed
Booking by phone - result 15 mn 
Test SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test
English spoken
 

• Pharmacie Bellecroix - Google Maps

• Laboratoire Unilab Biolab - Google Maps

In Nolay

• Pharmacie - Google Maps

9 Avenue Spuller
21340 Nolay
03 80 21 70 72
From monday until friday 8.30am-12.30pm/2.00pm-7.30pm 
Saturday : 8.30am-12.30pm/2.00pm-5.00pm
Booking by phone
English spoken

A Santenay

• Pharmacie de Santenay - Google Maps

In Savigny

• Nurses office - Google Maps

You can also contact liberal nurses who are likely to perform PCR tests: consult the Yellow Pages.

If you are not registered with the Social Security scheme, the cost of a SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test is € 29 and that of a PCR test is € 49.



In addition, border controls are being tightened for people returning from at-risk countries, with mandatory isolation for unvaccinated travellers.

Travelling to Beaune and Burgundy from abroad

A classification of countries by the French government sets the conditions for travellers entering France. Three levels have been determined (list can be found on the Government website):

• Green country:
  • If you’re vaccinated:
    • Submit evidence of full vaccination (vaccines recognised by EMA**)
    • No compelling reason required
    • No test to present
    • No isolation measures
  • I’m not vaccinated:
    • Negative RT-PCR or antigen test less than 72 hours previously required before departure
    • No compelling reason required
    • No isolation measures
• Orange country
  • I’m vaccinated:
    • Proof of full vaccination (vaccines recognised by EMA*)
    • No compelling reason required (subject to the additional rules in force in the country of provenance**)
    • Negative RT-PCR test less than 72 hours previously or negative antigen test less than 48 hours before departure
    • Not subject to 7-day self-isolation
  • I’m not vaccinated:
    • Compelling reason according to the list of compelling reasons for orange countries are on www.gouvernement.fr (subject to the additional rules in force in the country of provenance**)
    • Negative RT-PCR test less than 72 hours previously or negative antigen test less than 48 hours before departure
    • Random antigen test on entry into mainland France
    • Self-isolation for a period of 7 days
• Red country
  • I’m vaccinated:
    • Proof of full vaccination (vaccines recognised by EMA*)
    • Compelling reason according to the list of compelling reasons for red countries are on www.gouvernement.fr (subject to the additional rules in force in the country of provenance**)
    • Negative RT-PCR or antigen test less than 48 hours before departure
    • Antigen test on entry into mainland France
    • Self-isolation for a period of 7 days
  • I’m not vaccinated:
    • Compelling reason according to the list of compelling reasons for red countries are on www.gouvernement.fr (subject to the additional rules in force in the country of provenance**)
    • Negative RT-PCR or antigen test less than 48 hours before departure
    • Antigen test on entry into mainland France
    • Mandatory 10-day quarantine controlled by security forces

• Entry and stay in France : More information & FAQ
• Restrictions and requirements in metropolitan France 

Travelling to Beaune and in Burgundy from abroad

Rules to be respected as a function of the countries you are travelling from and their classification

From December 4th, any person aged 12 or more has to provide the result of a negative PCR or antigen test carried out less than 24 or 48 hours prior to departure, in order to enter France. For more information, visit Government website.

 

Information on barrier measures in our local offices

The Tourism Office team welcomes you back
To manage the physical and telephone reception of our visitors, the opening times of our subsidiary offices may vary. Please check the times on our Subsidiary Office Schedules page.
In addition, our team is working and can be reached from Monday to Saturday from 9.00am to 12.00am and from 2.00pm to 6.00pm.
 
We thank you in advance for your patience and invite you to contact us:

 

• by phone on 00 33 3 80 26 21 30
• by email
• on social media
  • ​Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
• via online chat on the website

Barrier measures remain the same for the Savigny-les-Beaune office, the only one to remain open for this April 2021 lockdown period. Below are the barrier measures put in place.