--- title: "Château d’Arcelot: Visit, Opening Times and History" description: "Built 1761 to 1765 by Thomas Dumorey, with a coloured stucco salon and a landscape park with a lake. Tours July and August, private driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-arcelot lang: en updated: 2026-10-01 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/chateau-d-arcelot.png --- # Château d’Arcelot > Château d’Arcelot: Burgundy's first neoclassical château, with a coloured stucco salon and a landscape park. Château d’Arcelot is in Arceau (Côte-d'Or), 52 min by road (61 km) from Beaune. Guided tours only: 1 July to 31 August: Wednesday to Saturday, tours start between 11:00 and 12:00 and between 14:00 and 17:00; Sunday, tours start between 14:00 and 17:00 · Guided tour: Adults €7, reduced €4 · 18th century (1761 to 1765) · Private driver from Beaune: €180 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Some 12 km from Dijon, the Château d'Arcelot is one of the most accomplished examples of French classicism in Burgundy. Built between 1761 and 1765 by the architect Thomas Dumorey for Philibert Verchère, it keeps a salon of coloured stucco and a landscape park with a lake. It has stayed in the builder's family ever since. ## Key facts - Type: Classical château - Location: 45 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3688, 5.1930 - 52 min from Beaune - Open to visitors, 1 July to 31 August - 18th century (1761 to 1765) - Commune: Arceau · Côte-d'Or - Style: Neoclassical - Heritage: Registered historic monument - Official website: [arcelot.com](https://arcelot.com/) - From Beaune: ≈ 52 min · 61 km - €180 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 52 min by road (61 km), €180 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History The first buildings, two pavilions housing a hunting lodge and a chapel, were built between 1711 and 1720 by Philibert Verchère. His grandson Philibert II, a councillor at the Parlement of Burgundy, commissioned the present château from Thomas Dumorey, a royal engineer as well as an architect. Built between 1761 and 1765, it is considered the first neoclassical château in Burgundy. The chapel itself goes back to the 13th century. The formal garden planted in 1760 was turned into a landscape park in the early 19th century by Louis-Antoine Verchère, following plans still kept at the château. In 1781 Antoine-Louis Verchère raised a black marble mausoleum for his wife in the chapel. When Guillaume Verchère died childless in 1870, he left Arcelot to his nephew Ernest de Carrelet de Loisy, whose family still owns it. ## Architecture Dumorey placed the new house between the two pavilions of 1711, which were meant to be demolished but were kept and harmonised. The château has a fine stone staircase with elegant wrought-iron railings and a grand salon of 1764 to 1765 with coloured stucco imitating marble, by the German stuccoist Reuscher. The chapel, founded in the 13th century, was redecorated in the 18th. ## Opening hours and tickets - Guided tours only: 1 July to 31 August: Wednesday to Saturday, tours start between 11:00 and 12:00 and between 14:00 and 17:00; Sunday, tours start between 14:00 and 17:00 - Guided tour: Adults €7, reduced €4 - Booking: Not needed Guided tours start at 11:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00, and only in the afternoon on Sundays. Checked on 1 October 2026 on [the official site](https://arcelot.com/preparer-sa-visite/). ## Visiting Guided tours of the château run in July and August from Wednesday to Sunday, with access to the park included in the ticket. Children can join a costumed tour. Groups can visit all year by appointment. Picnics are not allowed in the park, but tables are provided near the entrance. ## Did you know? The park includes a lake with two islands and once had a rustic folly housing an ice house, a dairy and a larder, typical of the country fashion of the time. ## Around Château d’Arcelot What to combine with Château d’Arcelot on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (13 km away): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (19 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (21 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Bressey-sur-Tille](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bressey-sur-tille) (6 km away): An 18th-century château east of Dijon with a Palladian-inspired façade added in 1786. - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard) (11 km away): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. - [Château de Vantoux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vantoux) (13 km away): An early 18th-century château north of Dijon, built for a first president of the Parlement. ### Things to do - [Maison Lejay Lagoute](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/lejay-lagoute) (10 km away): The Dijon house behind the original crème de cassis, first perfected in the city in 1841. - [Monument à Sadi Carnot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/monument-sadi-carnot-dijon) (12 km away): A marble and bronze memorial of 1899 to the assassinated President Sadi Carnot, rising from the fountains of Place de la République. - [Saint-Michel Church, Dijon (Église Saint-Michel de Dijon)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-michel-dijon), 12 km away: A late Gothic church behind a Renaissance façade with classical orders stacked one above another. ### Restaurants - [L’Aspérule](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-asperule-dijon) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Keigo Kimura's intimate Dijon dining room: French technique, Japanese restraint - [CIBO](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/cibo-dijon) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred table in old Dijon that sources everything within 200 kilometres - [La Maison des Cariatides](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-maison-des-cariatides-dijon) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A chef couple from Le Bristol regains a star behind one of Dijon's most ornate Renaissance façades ## Questions about Château d’Arcelot ### How far is Château d’Arcelot from Beaune? Château d’Arcelot is about 52 min from Beaune by road (61 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €180 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Château d’Arcelot? Yes, Château d’Arcelot welcomes visitors. Opening days and times change with the seasons, so check its official website before you go. ### Can a private driver take us to Château d’Arcelot? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=chateau:arcelot): €180 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - --- Canonical page: