Self-guided walking tours in Dijon

Yes. Dijon's historic centre works as a single day of walking: this plan starts in the Jardin Darcy at the western end, crosses the Halles and the ducal palace in the middle, takes in the antique dealers' lanes east of Notre-Dame, and finishes on place de la Libération. You book one thing, the 15:00 crypt visit, and everything else runs at browsing pace. The lanes are cobbled, so flat shoes help.

Thursday, Friday or Saturday. The Halles market trades on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings, and Dijon's municipal museums close on Tuesdays, which takes Tuesday out; the antique dealers often shut on Sundays and Mondays, which takes those out too. On a Thursday to Saturday, the market, the museums, the lanes and the daily 15:00 crypt visit all line up.

Dijon's municipal museums close on Tuesdays and on 1 January, 1 May, 8 May, 14 July, 1 November, 11 November and 25 December. The Musée des Beaux-Arts and the Musée François Rude open 9:30 to 18:00 from October to May and 10:00 to 18:30 from June to September; the Musée de la Vie Bourguignonne opens 9:30 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 18:00 all year. From 2 November to 31 March the Musée Archéologique opens only on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and its Benedictine dormitory is closed for works.

No. The centre is a walking city, this whole itinerary is on foot, and Divia runs the trams and buses for anything further out: tickets are sold at vending machines at tram stops, at the DiviaMobilités agency and at approved retailers. Trains arrive at Dijon-Ville, where you can pick up the same network.

Admissions come to €5 per person: the crypt visit. Every museum on the plan is free, because Dijon's municipal museums have charged nothing for their permanent collections since 2004, so your spending is food and whatever you carry home from the shops. The only optional ticket is a temporary exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, at €9 full price and €5 reduced.

All five municipal museums are free for their permanent collections, and have been since 2004: the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Musée François Rude, the Musée de la Vie Bourguignonne, the Musée d'Art sacré and the Musée Archéologique. Temporary exhibitions at the Beaux-Arts are the exception, at €9 full price and €5 reduced.

No. Saint-Philibert is closed for works and is a building site, so leave it out of your plan. The churches you can step into on this itinerary are Notre-Dame and Saint-Bénigne cathedral, with the crypt shown only on the booked guided visit.

Dijon is a busy university city, and the centre from the market to the palace square sees steady foot traffic through the day and into the evening. Take the usual care with bags in the market crowd and on trams, and you'll be fine on the streets this itinerary covers.