Your private driver in Beaune
A licensed VTC driver based in Beaune, who speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic.
Côte Privée drives you on wine tours, on transfers and by the hour across Burgundy, for 1 to 4 guests per car, by reservation only. The car is a 100% electric Polestar 2, and your driver knows the domaines, the back roads and the right lunch tables.
What is a licensed VTC driver?
VTC (voiture de transport avec chauffeur) is the French licence for private drivers. The driver passes a professional exam and holds a VTC card, shown on the windscreen, and the business is listed on the national register of VTC operators with professional insurance.
By law a VTC only carries passengers who have booked in advance: it never waits for fares in the street or at a taxi rank, and the price of your trip is fixed per car when you book. That is why every service on this site works by reservation.
Your driver speaks your language
English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. Commentary on the road, help with restaurant bookings and easy conversation, in the language you’re most comfortable with.
- HelloWelcome to Burgundy.English
- BonjourBienvenue en Bourgogne.FrançaisFrench
- 你好欢迎来到勃艮第。中文Chinese (Mandarin)
- مرحباأهلاً بكم في بورغونيا.العربيةArabic
Polestar 2, 100% electric
A quiet, spacious electric fastback. No engine noise between the vineyards, no exhaust in the villages, and room for your luggage and wine cases.
- Up to 4 guests in comfort
- Room for suitcases and cases of wine
- Quiet cabin, easy to talk between tastings
- Water and phone chargers on board
- Child seats on request
Polestar’s own figures: 5 seats, so your driver and up to 4 guests, a boot of 407 litres including the underfloor compartment, and 41 litres of storage under the bonnet. Tell us how many bags you bring when you book.
How do booking and payment work?
You choose a service, a date and your pickup online and see the price per car, all taxes included, before you send your request. Your driver confirms by e-mail with a secure link to pay a 30% deposit by card; once it is paid, the day is booked, and you pay the balance on the day, by card or in cash.
The cancellation conditions are set out in our terms of sale, and the FAQ answers the most common questions about booking and payment.
What does your driver do, and not do?
Your driver plans the day with you and takes care of everything around the wine:
- suggests domaines that suit your taste and books the tastings for you, free of charge
- reserves a table for lunch or dinner when you ask
- tracks your flight or train, waits between visits and helps with your bags and cases of wine
- tells you about the villages and the vineyards along the way
Your driver is not a licensed guide-conférencier, so there are no guided tours of monuments. Tastings, meals and entrance tickets are paid directly where you have them, and one car takes up to 4 guests.
Where does your driver work?
From Beaune, across Burgundy: the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, Chablis, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais, Dijon and the châteaux and abbeys of the region, with a price from Beaune for every place on this site. Transfers link Beaune with Dijon-Ville station, Le Creusot TGV station, Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport and Part-Dieu station, Geneva airport (French sector) and Paris, its airports included.
Book your driver in Burgundy
Day tours, multi-day trips, a driver by the hour or a transfer, at fixed prices per vehicle.