Mobile apps for visiting the Côte-d'Or:the 2026 selection

In short: five apps are enough for a calm trip around Côte-d’Or. SNCF Connect for trains, Divia for Dijon transport, WeTrek (ex IGNrando’) for trails, the Climats de Bourgogne app to understand the vineyard, and Météo France so the weather does not catch you out. Most are free.

A well-prepared smartphone replaces a paper map, a hiking guide and a tasting handbook. Here are the apps worth having, grouped by use, with their real strengths and what they do not do.

Summary: which app for what?

Transport: train, bus, tram

SNCF Connect (free, iOS/Android)

The official SNCF app for buying TGV and TER tickets, checking live times and booking a bike space. Essential for Paris–Dijon, Dijon–Beaune and beyond. Tickets can be downloaded for offline use.

Divia (free, iOS/Android)

The official Dijon Métropole transport app: tram T1/T2, city buses, free City centre shuttle. It plans live journeys, shows disruptions and lets you buy digital tickets directly in the app. A single ticket costs €1.40 (Pass 1 Heure, valid 1 hour, connections included): check the current fare on divia.fr.

Limit

the app covers only Dijon Métropole, not the rest of Côte-d’Or.

Mobigo (free, iOS/Android)

The regional Bourgogne-Franche-Comté transport app. Essential for rural buses (€2 per trip, regional flat fare). Check times, track buses live and buy tickets.

Note: some rural lines run only in term time. The app shows this, but always check the day before.

Wine and vineyard

À la découverte des Climats (free, iOS)

The official app of the Association des Climats de Bourgogne, behind the UNESCO world heritage listing of the climats. A media library of articles (territory, heritage, culture), hundreds of photos, videos and interviews.

Ideal for shining at a tasting or understanding why one plot is called “Les Amoureuses” and another “Le Chambertin”.

Bourgogne Maps (free, web)

A tool from the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB). Not an app but an interactive online atlas: more than 500 maps, thousands of identified climats and lieux-dits, searchable by appellation, commune or winemaker. Maps download free as PDFs, handy for planning an estate visit from home.

ClimaVinea (€44.99, iOS/Android)

The reference app for enthusiasts: detailed parcel maps of the grands crus (based on Sylvain Pitiot’s atlas), a guide to 140 producers and a GPS mode for touring the vineyards. Expensive, but without equivalent, keep it for true wine lovers.

Google Maps / Apple Maps (free, pre-installed)

For ordinary road and walking navigation. Useful for finding a restaurant, cellar or hotel. It will not show climats, GR trails or vineyard paths. For those, switch to WeTrek.

Vivino (free, iOS/Android)

Photograph a bottle label: average rating, community reviews, price and food-pairing ideas in seconds. Essential in a cellar or estate to avoid buying at random, and very handy in a restaurant for decoding a wine list (whole-list scan feature).

Hiking and cycling

WeTrek, ex IGNrando’ (free, iOS/Android)

The app that replaces IGNrando’ since 20 November 2025 (published by Ubicarta, ending the partnership with the IGN); the old name is still widely used. GPS and basic maps (IGN plan, aerial photos) free, all Côte-d’Or GR and PR trails. The 1:25,000 topographic maps require the paid WeTrek Plus subscription. Offline mode is essential for the Morvan and Châtillonnais where mobile coverage is weak.

Key feature: download Morvan and Auxois maps before you leave, routes download free, map backgrounds with the subscription. 4G disappears once you leave the main roads.

Komoot (free with in-app purchases, iOS/Android)

A bike and hike route planner widely used in the vineyard. Community routes with photos, difficulty and terrain type. The Voie des Vignes and Canal de Bourgogne are well covered.

Limit: the free version lets you download only one region. Pay about €4 for Côte-d’Or if you plan several rides.

Visorando (free, iOS/Android)

A French alternative to Komoot, with a more local community. Morvan, Auxois and Châtillonnais GR and PR trails are especially well described, often with recent photos and comments on trail condition.

Weather and practical tools

Météo France (free, iOS/Android)

The reference weather app for France. Three-day forecasts are reliable for the département. For Morvan hikes, check the evening before and again in the morning: weather shifts quickly at moderate altitude (400–900 m).

Météociel (free, web)

A website (no native app) popular with growers for 15-day forecasts and spring frost maps. Useful if you are planning harvest visits or an estate tour.

Chouette Tour: Dijon (€2.99, iOS/Android)

The ‘Chouette Tour–Dijon’ app (about €3, published by an independent developer) offers commented routes through old Dijon with historical anecdotes to “travel back in time”. Fun, but paid: the official 22-stop route remains free on site (arrows and plaques on the ground) and the paper guide is on sale at the tourist office.

NOMADE: Musée des Beaux-Arts (free, iOS/Android)

The official Dijon Métropole app for the Musée des Beaux-Arts: multimedia guide (interactive map, artwork analyses, routes adapted to disabilities).

Terroir and food

Balades en Bourgogne (free, iOS/Android)

The Côte-d’Or Tourisme app: many walking, cycling, driving and mountain-bike routes, with audio guide, maps and offline mode. Dedicated routes include the Route des Grands Crus from Dijon to Santenay, the Route du Cassis, the Route de la Truffe (from Nuits-Saint-Georges towards the Châtillonnais) and the legendary Nationale 6. The best way to explore the vineyards independently.

TheFork (free, iOS/Android)

For booking tables in Dijon and Beaune restaurants. Discounts (up to −50% on the menu) are rare in Burgundy, but online booking helps for popular tables, and recent reviews help you decide.

Guide Michelin (free, iOS/Android)

The official selection of starred and recommended restaurants in the region, with online booking, photos and price ranges. Complements TheFork: exceptional addresses are almost never discounted.

Price comparators

Trainline (free, iOS/Android)

Train ticket comparator covering SNCF Connect, Ouigo and most European operators. For a Paris–Dijon trip, it shows the cheapest ticket of the moment on one page (often Ouigo from Paris-Bercy). Prices are the same as at SNCF, it is the comparison that saves time.

Essence&CO (free, iOS/Android)

Compares fuel prices at stations around you, updated several times a day from official data and user reports. Useful before leaving Dijon or Beaune for the Morvan: one station can be 10 to 20 cents cheaper than another a few kilometres away.

Offline maps: the crucial point

Mobile coverage in Côte-d’Or is good in towns and along major roads, but very uneven in:

• The Morvan: frequent dead zones in forests and around the lakes
• Rural Auxois: villages between Semur and Saulieu pick up poorly
• The Châtillonnais: weak signal in valleys and forests

Before any outing beyond Dijon/Beaune, download offline maps in Google Maps, WeTrek or Komoot. Otherwise your phone becomes an expensive brick the moment 4G vanishes.

Check your phone before departure

Download maps and tickets on Wi-Fi, then open them in aeroplane mode to confirm they really work. Turn off automatic downloads and bring a power bank and the right cable. For a hike, share the route with someone at your lodging and keep the start address on paper: an app is a tool, not a substitute for preparation.

Managing data and battery

GPS, screen and camera drain a battery fast. Lower brightness, close unused apps and turn on battery saver only once maps are already loaded. If you are travelling from abroad, also check your roaming plan before using mobile data all day.