--- title: "The châteaux of Burgundy" description: "Every château of Burgundy’s wine country, without a car: history, architecture, how to visit and private driver prices from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux.png --- # The châteaux of Burgundy > Fortresses, Renaissance palaces and wine châteaux: how to visit each one, and its drive from Beaune. 145 châteaux ## Côte de Nuits & Côte de Beaune - [Château de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beaune): Louis XI's fortress in the Beaune ramparts, now home to the Bouchard Père & Fils wine house. (Medieval fortress · Tastings on site · Beaune) - [Château de Challanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-challanges): A 19th-century country house in a wooded park south-east of Beaune, now a hotel. (Manor · Hotel and restaurant · Beaune) - [Château de Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-pommard): A Régence château of 1726 and a 20-hectare walled vineyard at the entrance to Pommard. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Pommard · 9 min from Beaune) - [Château de Chorey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chorey): A moated manor with lone round towers and a dovecote, at the edge of Chorey. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Chorey-les-Beaune · 10 min from Beaune) - [Château de la Commaraine](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-commaraine): A towered château in the heart of Pommard, set in its own walled Premier Cru vineyard. (Manor · Hotel and restaurant · Pommard · 10 min from Beaune) - [Château de Corton](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-corton): The third château of Aloxe-Corton, a brick and stone house built by Charles Suisse. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Aloxe-Corton · 11 min from Beaune) - [Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-savigny-les-beaune): A 14th-century castle with four round towers, and a park full of fighter jets. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Savigny-lès-Beaune · 11 min from Beaune) - [Château Corton Grancey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-corton-grancey): An elegant 1749 château and a historic gravity winery, the home estate of Louis Latour. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Aloxe-Corton · 12 min from Beaune) - [Château Corton C](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-corton-c): A diamond-patterned glazed tile roof, rebuilt around 1900 at the foot of the Corton hill. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Aloxe-Corton · 12 min from Beaune) - [Château de Serrigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-serrigny): A moated château of around 1700 in a large English-style park with a long canal. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Ladoix-Serrigny · 13 min from Beaune) - [Château de Monthelie](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-monthelie): An 18th-century château with a glazed tile roof, home of the Suremain family's wine estate. (Classical château · Tastings on site · Monthelie · 13 min from Beaune) - [Château fort de Meursault (Hôtel de ville)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-fort-de-meursault-hotel-de-ville): Meursault's town hall, a 14th-century castle keep under a bright glazed tile roof. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Meursault · 14 min from Beaune) - [Château de Cîteaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-citeaux): A 19th-century château in Meursault, built over the cellars of the monks of Cîteaux. (Manor · Hotel and restaurant · Meursault · 14 min from Beaune) - [Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault): A wine château with vast vaulted cellars, a walled Chardonnay clos and a forest garden. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Meursault · 14 min from Beaune) - [Château de Cissey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-cissey): An elegant 18th-century brick and stone house on the plain south of Beaune, beside a medieval chapel. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Merceuil · 14 min from Beaune) - [Château de la Velle](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-velle): A 16th-century fortified house on the southern edge of Meursault, with its own wine estate. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Meursault · 15 min from Beaune) - [Château de Corcelles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-corcelles-les-arts): A small Gothic castle with a gate tower and dovecote, on the plain facing Meursault. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Corcelles-les-Arts · 16 min from Beaune) - [Château de Changey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-changey): An 18th-century château above Pernand, with a remarkable park watered entirely by gravity. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Échevronne · 17 min from Beaune) - [Château fort de Saint-Romain](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-fort-de-saint-romain): Medieval castle ruins on a rocky spur, with wide views over the Saint-Romain cliffs. (Medieval fortress · Park or grounds to visit · Saint-Romain · 17 min from Beaune) - [Château de Morteuil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-morteuil): A towered 18th-century château south of Beaune where Jacques Copeau's theatre troupe lived. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Merceuil · 17 min from Beaune) - [Château de Melin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-melin): A Renaissance manor in a wooded park, now an organic wine estate with guest rooms. (Renaissance château · Tastings on site · Auxey-Duresses · 18 min from Beaune) - [Château de Puligny-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-puligny-montrachet): A 17th-century château with its own walled vines in the white wine village of Puligny. (Wine château · Private, seen from outside · Puligny-Montrachet · 18 min from Beaune) - [Château de Gamay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gamay): A medieval fortified house in the hamlet that gave its name to the Gamay grape. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Saint-Aubin · 19 min from Beaune) - [Château de Prémeaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-premeaux): A family wine estate in Premeaux, rebuilt with the stones of a vanished castle. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Premeaux-Prissey · 20 min from Beaune) - [Château de Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chassagne-montrachet): Great 14th-century vaulted cellars under a wine château in the heart of Chassagne-Montrachet. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Chassagne-Montrachet · 20 min from Beaune) - [Château de la Maltroye](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-maltroye): An 18th-century family wine house at the top of Chassagne, with a diamond-patterned tile roof. (Wine château · Private, seen from outside · Chassagne-Montrachet · 21 min from Beaune) - [Château de La Rochepot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-rochepot): The Pot family's medieval fortress, rebuilt with glazed tile roofs by the Carnot family. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · La Rochepot · 22 min from Beaune) - [Château de Quincey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-quincey): A moated classical château at the end of a long avenue, just south-east of Nuits. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Quincey · 23 min from Beaune) - [Château de Lusigny-sur-Ouche](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-lusigny-sur-ouche): A late 17th-century château in the Ouche valley, famous for its domed grand staircase. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Lusigny-sur-Ouche · 23 min from Beaune) - [Château de Collonges-lès-Bévy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-collonges-les-bevy): A Hautes-Côtes château with a glazed tile roof, being restored after a fire in 2020. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Collonges-lès-Bévy · 24 min from Beaune) - [Maison forte d’Agencourt](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/maison-forte-d-agencourt): A moated fortified house east of Nuits, rebuilt around 1650 and now a rural school. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Agencourt · 24 min from Beaune) - [Château de Corabœuf](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-coraboeuf): A 15th-century keep, a Gothic Revival wing and an arboretum, open to visitors all year. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Val-Mont, Ivry-en-Montagne · 24 min from Beaune) - [Château de Santenay (Domaine du Château Philippe le Hardi)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-philippe-le-hardi): The Duke of Burgundy's castle at Santenay, now a large wine estate with glazed tile roofs. (Medieval fortress · Tastings on site · Santenay · 24 min from Beaune) - [Château de la Berchère](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-berchere): A moated château between Nuits-Saint-Georges and the Saône plain, now a hotel. (Renaissance château · Hotel and restaurant · Boncourt-le-Bois · 25 min from Beaune) - [Château de la Crée](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-cree): A 19th-century wine manor in Santenay-le-Haut, above cellars from the time of Nicolas Rolin. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Santenay · 25 min from Beaune) - [Château de Vergy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vergy): The hilltop stronghold of the lords of Vergy, razed on the orders of Henri IV. (Medieval fortress · Park or grounds to visit · Reulle-Vergy · 26 min from Beaune) - [Château de Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vosne-romanee): The family seat of the Comtes Liger-Belair, owners of the grand cru La Romanée. (Wine château · Private, seen from outside · Vosne-Romanée · 26 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Écutigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ecutigny): A moated 17th-century château on medieval foundations, reached by a listed tree-lined avenue. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Écutigny · 26 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Entre-Deux-Monts](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-entre-deux-monts): A 17th-century country house in the hills above Nuits, with moats, a park and truffles. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Nuits-Saint-Georges · 27 min from Beaune) - [Château de la Tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-tour): The only estate that makes its wine inside the walls of the Clos de Vougeot. (Wine château · Private, seen from outside · Vougeot · 28 min from Beaune) - [Château du Clos de Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-du-clos-de-vougeot): The Cistercian wine estate that became the symbol of Burgundy wine. (Wine château · Open to visitors · Vougeot · 28 min from Beaune) - [Château de Gilly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gilly): The former country residence of the abbots of Cîteaux, now a five-star hotel near Vougeot. (Classical château · Hotel and restaurant · Gilly-lès-Cîteaux · 28 min from Beaune) - [Château de Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gevrey-chambertin): A 13th-century fortress built by the abbots of Cluny above the old village of Gevrey. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Gevrey-Chambertin · 33 min from Beaune) - [Château de Barbirey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-barbirey): A country house in the Ouche valley, known for its terraced kitchen garden and park. (Manor · Park or grounds to visit · Barbirey-sur-Ouche · 34 min from Beaune) - [Château de Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brochon): A Loire-style château built by the poet who gave the Côte d'Azur its name. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Brochon · 34 min from Beaune) - [Château de Châteauneuf](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chateauneuf): A walled medieval fortress on a rocky ridge, watching over the Auxois from its village of stone houses. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Châteauneuf · 34 min from Beaune) - [Manoir de la Perrière](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere): A Cistercian manor above Fixin, with one of the oldest wine presses in Burgundy. (Manor · Tastings on site · Fixin · 35 min from Beaune) - [Château de Montculot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montculot): The Hautes-Côtes country house linked to the Romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Urcy · 36 min from Beaune) - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Marsannay-la-Côte · 37 min from Beaune) - [Château de Couchey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-couchey): A medieval fortified house that grew into a château at the western edge of Couchey. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Couchey · 37 min from Beaune) - [Château de Saulon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-saulon): A 17th-century classical house in a riverside park south of Dijon, now a hotel. (Classical château · Hotel and restaurant · Saulon-la-Rue · 37 min from Beaune) - [Château de Commarin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-commarin): A lived-in family château with medieval towers, wide moats and rare Renaissance heraldic tapestries. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Commarin · 38 min from Beaune) - [Château de Longecourt](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-longecourt): A moated brick castle in the plain, dressed in 18th-century stucco and still lived in. (Renaissance château · Hotel and restaurant · Longecourt-en-Plaine · 39 min from Beaune) - [Château de Bressey-sur-Tille](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bressey-sur-tille): An 18th-century château east of Dijon with a Palladian-inspired façade added in 1786. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Bressey-sur-Tille · 48 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Auxonne](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-auxonne): Louis XI's five-sided fortress guarding a crossing of the Saône at Auxonne. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Auxonne · 51 min from Beaune) - [Château de Talmay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-talmay): A 13th-century keep towering over an elegant 18th-century château near the Vingeanne. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Talmay · 1 h 01 from Beaune) ## Dijon - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon): The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. (Medieval fortress · Park or grounds to visit · Fontaine-lès-Dijon · 45 min from Beaune) - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Dijon · 45 min from Beaune) ## Chalon, Cluny & Mâcon - [Château de Rully](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-rully): A medieval fortress above its own vineyard, still lived in by descendants of its first lords. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Rully · 27 min from Beaune) - [Château de Mercey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-mercey): An early 17th-century manor with square towers and a dovecote, above the Maranges vineyards. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Cheilly-lès-Maranges · 29 min from Beaune) - [Château de Chamilly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chamilly): A classical château in a green valley, cradle of the Bouton de Chamilly family and a wine estate. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Chamilly · 29 min from Beaune) - [Château de Chamirey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chamirey): An elegant 18th-century wine château in Mercurey, at the heart of a 37-hectare family estate. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Mercurey · 31 min from Beaune) - [Château de Montaigu](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montaigu): The ruined hilltop stronghold of the lords of Montaigu, above the vineyards of Mercurey. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Mercurey · 32 min from Beaune) - [Château de Dracy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-dracy): A castle of 1547 on a hillside near Couches, with a long 18th-century wine cellar. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Dracy-lès-Couches · 33 min from Beaune) - [Château de Germolles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-germolles): The best-preserved residence of the Valois dukes of Burgundy, a country palace made for a duchess. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Mellecey · 33 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Épinac](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-epinac): Nicolas Rolin's castle above the Drée valley, which gave its name to the town of Épinac. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Épinac · 34 min from Beaune) - [Château de Morlet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-morlet): A fortified manor near Épinac with a striking Renaissance gatehouse of 1584. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Morlet · 34 min from Beaune) - [Château de Couches](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-couches): A medieval fortress above the Creuse valley, with a Flamboyant chapel and its own vineyard. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Couches · 34 min from Beaune) - [Château de Sully](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-sully): A moated Renaissance château where Marshal Mac-Mahon was born, still home to his family. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Sully · 36 min from Beaune) - [Château de Taisey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-taisey): A graceful house of the 1680s beside an old square tower, on a terrace above the Saône. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Saint-Rémy · 36 min from Beaune) - [Château de Rosey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-rosey): An elegant 1767 country house built by a royal falconer on a hillside south of Givry. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Rosey · 40 min from Beaune) - [Château de Saint-Germain-lès-Buxy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-saint-germain-les-buxy): A moated medieval castle reinvented in the romantic troubadour style by Viollet-le-Duc's son-in-law. (Manor · Park or grounds to visit · Saint-Germain-lès-Buxy · 43 min from Beaune) - [Château de Ponneau](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-ponneau): A small 15th-century manor near Buxy, with an arcaded gallery and a chapel of Saint James dated 1447. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Jully-lès-Buxy · 45 min from Beaune) - [Abbaye de La Ferté](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/abbaye-de-la-ferte): The palace of the first daughter-house of Cîteaux, with 18th-century rooms, scientific collections and a landscaped park. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Saint-Ambreuil · 46 min from Beaune) - [Château Pontus de Tyard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-pontus-de-tyard): The fortified birthplace of Pontus de Tyard, Renaissance poet of La Pléiade, with conservation vineyards and orchards. (Manor · Open to visitors · Bissy-sur-Fley · 49 min from Beaune) - [Château de Sennecey-le-Grand](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-sennecey-le-grand): The remains of the proud Bauffremont château, where Sennecey-le-Grand now has its town hall. (Renaissance château · Park or grounds to visit · Sennecey-le-Grand · 49 min from Beaune) - [Château de La Chapelle-de-Bragny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-chapelle-de-bragny): A fortified enclosure in the Glandon valley, with a Romanesque chapel and a wooden Virgin in Majesty. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · La Chapelle-de-Bragny · 50 min from Beaune) - [Château de Ruffey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-ruffey): A castle with rock-cut ditches and round towers in a quiet hamlet of Sennecey-le-Grand. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Sennecey-le-Grand · 50 min from Beaune) - [Château de Sercy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-sercy): A storybook castle beside a pond, crowned by one of the oldest surviving timber hoardings in France. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Sercy · 53 min from Beaune) - [Château de Bresse-sur-Grosne](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bresse-sur-grosne): A castle with Cistercian wine buildings and a model farm, held by the same family since 1799. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Bresse-sur-Grosne · 53 min from Beaune) - [Château de Balleure](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-balleure): Birthplace of the Renaissance historian Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure, now a luxury guest house. (Manor · Hotel and restaurant · Étrigny · 54 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Uxelles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-uxelles): The cradle of the Uxelles marquisate on a spur above Chapaize, rebuilt as a country house in 1835. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Chapaize · 57 min from Beaune) - [Château de Brancion](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brancion): A feudal fortress and car-free medieval village on a rocky spur between Tournus and Cluny. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Martailly-lès-Brancion · 57 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Ozenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ozenay): A stone-roofed manor beside a Romanesque church, held by one family for some four hundred years. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Ozenay · 57 min from Beaune) - [Château de Nobles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-nobles): A manor below Brancion with round towers, cannon ports and a richly carved Renaissance doorway. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · La Chapelle-sous-Brancion · 57 min from Beaune) - [Château de Cormatin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-cormatin): The most lavish Louis XIII apartments in France, inside a moated château with a box maze garden. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Cormatin · 58 min from Beaune) - [Château de Messey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-messey): A fortified house near Tournus, reborn as an organic wine estate with rooms and winegrowers' cottages. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Ozenay · 58 min from Beaune) - [Château de Besanceuil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-besanceuil): A fortified manor of the 1380s near Cormatin, softened over the centuries with painted panelling. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Bonnay · 59 min from Beaune) - [Château de Cruzille](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-cruzille): A fortress on a spur above Cruzille, marked by the Wars of Religion and the Liberation of 1944. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Cruzille · 1 h from Beaune) - [Château de Gros-Chigy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gros-chigy): A late medieval stronghold on the old frontier between ducal Burgundy and the royal Mâconnais. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Saint-André-le-Désert · 1 h 03 from Beaune) - [Château de Boutavent](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-boutavent): A spur-top castle that guarded the Grosne valley for the lords of Brancion, then for Cluny. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Cortambert · 1 h 03 from Beaune) - [Château de Lourdon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-lourdon): The ruined hilltop fortress of the abbots of Cluny, where the monks once hid their treasures. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Lournand · 1 h 05 from Beaune) - [Château de Vaux-sous-Targes](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vaux-sous-targes): An Italianate villa of 1830 in the Mâconnais, built by a Basque shipowner on a medieval moated site. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Péronne · 1 h 06 from Beaune) - [Château de Chaumont](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chaumont-la-guiche): Home of the La Guiche family since 1416, with one of the largest private stables in France. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux · 1 h 07 from Beaune) - [Château de Besseuil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-besseuil): A 17th-century manor among the Viré-Clessé vines, now a hotel and restaurant with its own organic vineyard. (Manor · Hotel and restaurant · Clessé · 1 h 07 from Beaune) - [Château de Digoine](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-digoine): The pearl of the Charolais, an 18th-century château with a small private theatre, rose garden and landscaped park. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Palinges · 1 h 11 from Beaune) - [Château de Berzé-le-Châtel](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-berze-le-chatel): The largest medieval fortress of southern Burgundy, built to shield Cluny, with terraced gardens and its own wine. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Berzé-le-Châtel · 1 h 11 from Beaune) - [Maison de Lamartine](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/maison-de-lamartine-milly): The childhood home of Alphonse de Lamartine, a winegrowers' house that inspired some of his finest poems. (Manor · Open to visitors · Milly-Lamartine · 1 h 13 from Beaune) - [Château de Monceau](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-monceau): Lamartine's wine château near Mâcon, where he wrote in a small wooden pavilion among the vines. (Classical château · Park or grounds to visit · Prissé · 1 h 14 from Beaune) - [Château de Chazoux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chazoux): A modest wine estate house near Mâcon that hides richly painted rooms and a landscaped park. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Hurigny · 1 h 14 from Beaune) - [Château de Saint-Point](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-saint-point): Lamartine's beloved home, remodelled in English Gothic taste, with his study, his museum and his tomb. (Manor · Open to visitors · Saint-Point · 1 h 15 from Beaune) - [Château de Pierreclos](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-pierreclos): A medieval castle turned wine estate on a rocky spur near Solutré, full of Lamartine memories. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Pierreclos · 1 h 15 from Beaune) - [Château de Tramayes](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-tramayes): A fortified house of 1598 on a pass south-west of Cluny, later owned by a friend of Lamartine. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Tramayes · 1 h 18 from Beaune) - [Château de Fuissé](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fuisse): The Vincent family's historic estate in Pouilly-Fuissé, home of the appellation's only monopole premier cru. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Fuissé · 1 h 18 from Beaune) - [Château de Chasselas](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chasselas): A three-towered castle with glazed-tile roofs in the Saint-Véran hills, long the heart of a wine estate. (Wine château · Private, seen from outside · Chasselas · 1 h 19 from Beaune) - [Château de Vinzelles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vinzelles): Two neighbouring castles above Vinzelles, linked by a vat house with great wooden wine presses. (Wine château · Park or grounds to visit · Vinzelles · 1 h 19 from Beaune) - [Château d’Estours](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-estours): A moated fortified house south of Mâcon, fought over by Écorcheurs and Mâcon militias. (Manor · Private, seen from outside · Crêches-sur-Saône · 1 h 22 from Beaune) ## Chablis, Auxois & Morvan - [Château de Molinot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-molinot): The last tower of a vanished medieval castle, turned into a dovecote beside a pond. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Molinot · 28 min from Beaune) - [Château de Chailly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chailly): A fortified manor turned Renaissance residence, now a four-star hotel with its own 18-hole golf course. (Renaissance château · Hotel and restaurant · Chailly-sur-Armançon · 45 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Éguilly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-eguilly): A moated Auxois stronghold of the late 12th century, rescued from ruin by private owners. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Éguilly · 47 min from Beaune) - [Château de Vantoux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vantoux): An early 18th-century château north of Dijon, built for a first president of the Parlement. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Messigny-et-Vantoux · 50 min from Beaune) - [Château de Mont-Saint-Jean](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-mont-saint-jean): A hilltop medieval stronghold with a keep and ramparts, above a village of old stone houses. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Mont-Saint-Jean · 50 min from Beaune) - [Château d’Arcelot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-arcelot): Burgundy's first neoclassical château, with a coloured stucco salon and a landscape park. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Arceau · 52 min from Beaune) - [Château de Missery](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-missery): An 18th-century château set on a moated medieval platform, framed by its old round towers. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Missery · 53 min from Beaune) - [Château de Salmaise](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-salmaise): A medieval castle on a rocky spur, cut off by rock-hewn ditches, in a hill village. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Salmaise · 54 min from Beaune) - [Château de Posanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-posanges): A compact moated castle with four round towers, built in the 1440s for a ducal servant. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Posanges · 54 min from Beaune) - [Château de Ménessaire](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-menessaire): A Morvan castle under glazed-tile roofs, with a rediscovered 17th-century painted ceiling and guest rooms. (Manor · Hotel and restaurant · Ménessaire · 57 min from Beaune) - [Château de Marigny-le-Cahouët](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marigny-le-cahouet): A moated castle of the plain, with towers, a drawbridge and a Gothic Revival gate. (Medieval fortress · Private, seen from outside · Marigny-le-Cahouët · 59 min from Beaune) - [Château de Thil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-thil): A ruined fortress and a Gothic collegiate church on a lone hilltop, visible for miles across the Auxois. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Vic-sous-Thil · 59 min from Beaune) - [Château de Frôlois](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-frolois): A stern medieval castle on a rocky spur, with warm period rooms that open in summer. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Frôlois · 1 h 01 from Beaune) - [Château de Lux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-lux): The château where Henri IV gathered his troops before the battle of Fontaine-Française. (Renaissance château · Private, seen from outside · Lux · 1 h 02 from Beaune) - [Château de Bierre-lès-Semur](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bierre-les-semur): Once called the 'little Versailles of Burgundy', an 18th-century estate now slowly coming back to life. (Classical château · Private, seen from outside · Le Val-Larrey · 1 h 02 from Beaune) - [Château de Beaumont-sur-Vingeanne](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beaumont-sur-vingeanne): A small 18th-century folly with a clever split-level plan, set in gardens by the Vingeanne. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Beaumont-sur-Vingeanne · 1 h 04 from Beaune) - [Château de Bussy-Rabutin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bussy-rabutin): The home of a disgraced courtier in exile, painted wall to wall with portraits and mottoes. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Bussy-le-Grand · 1 h 05 from Beaune) - [Château de La Roche-en-Brenil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-roche-en-brenil): A moated château on the edge of the Morvan, saved from demolition by the writer Charles de Montalembert. (Manor · Park or grounds to visit · La Roche-en-Brenil · 1 h 05 from Beaune) - [Donjon de Semur-en-Auxois (Tour de l’Orle d’Or)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/donjon-de-semur-en-auxois): Four huge towers of the dukes of Burgundy's castle still guard the old town of Semur. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Semur-en-Auxois · 1 h 06 from Beaune) - [Château de Bourbilly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bourbilly): The Serein valley home of Saint Jeanne de Chantal and the Marquise de Sévigné, still lived in today. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Vic-de-Chassenay · 1 h 07 from Beaune) - [Château de Lantilly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-lantilly): The 'château of a hundred windows', with 18th-century interiors and a celebrated flowering kitchen garden. (Classical château · Park or grounds to visit · Lantilly · 1 h 08 from Beaune) - [Château de Rosières](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-rosieres): A well-preserved 15th-century fortified manor with machicolations near the Vingeanne. (Medieval fortress · Hotel and restaurant · Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne · 1 h 08 from Beaune) - [Château de Fontaine-Française](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-francaise): A classical château near the battlefield where Henri IV won a famous victory in 1595. (Classical château · Open to visitors · Fontaine-Française · 1 h 09 from Beaune) - [Château de Montfort](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montfort): A ruined 13th-century fortress on a rocky plateau, linked to the story of the Shroud of Turin. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Montigny-Montfort · 1 h 12 from Beaune) - [Château d’Époisses](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-epoisses): A double-walled fortress in the cheese village of Époisses, home to the same family since 1661. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Époisses · 1 h 12 from Beaune) - [Château de Montbard et Parc Buffon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montbard-parc-buffon): The towers of a ducal castle, reshaped by the naturalist Buffon into terraced gardens above his home town. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Montbard · 1 h 14 from Beaune) - [Château de Chastellux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chastellux): A towered fortress at the gateway to the Morvan, still lived in by the family of its name. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Chastellux-sur-Cure · 1 h 18 from Beaune) - [Château de Rochefort](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-rochefort): The ruined residence of Louis XI's physician, being rebuilt stone by stone by a volunteer association. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Asnières-en-Montagne · 1 h 23 from Beaune) - [Château de Bazoches](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bazoches): The castle Vauban bought with a royal reward, and turned into a workshop for his military engineers. (Medieval fortress · Open to visitors · Bazoches · 1 h 23 from Beaune) - [Château de Vault-de-Lugny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vault-de-lugny): A moated castle with a tall square keep near Avallon, now an intimate five-star hotel. (Medieval fortress · Hotel and restaurant · Vault-de-Lugny · 1 h 24 from Beaune) - [Château de Nuits](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-nuits): An elegant but fortified Renaissance château, built on the old border between Burgundy and Champagne. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Nuits · 1 h 25 from Beaune) - [Château d’Ancy-le-Franc](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ancy-le-franc): An Italian Renaissance palace in northern Burgundy, designed by Serlio and lined with painted rooms. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Ancy-le-Franc · 1 h 29 from Beaune) - [Château de Maulnes](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-maulnes): A pentagonal Renaissance château built around a spiral staircase and a well fed by springs. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Cruzy-le-Châtel · 1 h 36 from Beaune) - [Château de Tanlay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-tanlay): A moated Renaissance château of the Coligny family, with a trompe-l'œil gallery and a long canal. (Renaissance château · Open to visitors · Tanlay · 1 h 36 from Beaune) - [Château de Viviers](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-viviers): A 17th-century wine château on the high slopes east of Chablis, now farmed organically, with guest rooms. (Wine château · Hotel and restaurant · Viviers · 1 h 38 from Beaune) - [Château de Béru](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beru): A family château above the Chablis vineyards, with a rare sundial and moon dial, and biodynamic wines. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Béru · 1 h 39 from Beaune) - [Château Long-Depaquit](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-long-depaquit): An 18th-century château in the heart of Chablis, home of the grand cru La Moutonne. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Chablis · 1 h 43 from Beaune) - [Château de Maligny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-maligny): A castle above the Serein north of Chablis, whose name lives on in the Durup family's wines. (Wine château · Tastings on site · Maligny · 1 h 47 from Beaune) --- Canonical page: