--- title: "Château de Chaumont-la-Guiche: Stables and Opening Times" description: "La Guiche family home since 1416, with palatial stables of 1648 to 1652, for 99 horses as legend has it. Tours late July to September, by private driver." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chaumont-la-guiche lang: en updated: 2026-10-01 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/chateau-de-chaumont-la-guiche.png --- # Château de Chaumont > Château de Chaumont: Home of the La Guiche family since 1416, with one of the largest private stables in France. Château de Chaumont is in Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux (Saône-et-Loire), 1 h 07 by road (86 km) from Beaune. Guided tours only: 21 July to 20 September: Tuesday to Sunday, tours start between 11:00 and 12:00 and between 14:00 and 17:00 · Guided tour: Adults €10 · 16th and 17th century · Private driver from Beaune: €235 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. On a rise between Cluny and Charolles, at Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux, the estate of Chaumont has belonged to the La Guiche family for six centuries. Its Renaissance château, later given a neo-Gothic front, stands in an English-style park. The highlight of a visit is the palatial stable block built between 1648 and 1652. ## Key facts - Type: Classical château - Location: 65 km south-west of Beaune · Saône-et-Loire - Coordinates: 46.4964, 4.4228 - 1 h 07 from Beaune - Open to visitors, 21 July to 20 September - 16th and 17th century - Commune: Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux · Saône-et-Loire - Style: Renaissance château with 17th-century stables - Heritage: Listed historic monument - Official website: [chaumont-laguiche.fr](https://www.chaumont-laguiche.fr) - From Beaune: ≈ 1 h 07 · 86 km - €235 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): 1 h 07 by road (86 km), €235 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 An old fortress on the borders of the Charolais, Chaumont was bought in 1416 by Girard de La Guiche. After Claude de La Guiche backed Charles the Bold, his castle was pillaged and razed in 1477. His son Pierre served the kings of France as an ambassador and, from about 1500, began a new château in the style of the early French Renaissance, advised by his wife's uncle, Jacques d'Amboise, abbot of Cluny. In 1584 Philibert de La Guiche, grand master of the artillery, completed the château. His daughter Henriette built the stables between 1648 and 1652 for the guard of her husband, Louis-Emmanuel de Valois, duke of Angoulême and a grandson of King Charles IX. The château fell into ruin at the Revolution, and in 1801 all but its Renaissance east wing was pulled down. The landscape designer Châtelain laid out the English-style park, and from 1850 the architect Charles Laisné added a neo-Gothic west front. In June 1944 the marquis de La Guiche, mayor of the village, was arrested in the château, then occupied by German troops. The stables were classified in 1982, and the park and stables opened to the public in 2015. ## Architecture The stables have the proportions of a vast Burgundian barn dressed as a palace. Two tall chimney stacks rise above the richly carved façade, which is set off by two monumental outside staircases. Above the main door, a niche holds the equestrian statue of Philibert de La Guiche. Inside, three vaulted aisles held two rows of horses, a layout said to follow an ideal stable designed by Leonardo da Vinci. ## Opening hours and tickets - Guided tours only: 21 July to 20 September: Tuesday to Sunday, tours start between 11:00 and 12:00 and between 14:00 and 17:00 - Guided tour: Adults €10 Guided tours start at 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00, and private visits can be booked all year. Checked on 1 October 2026 on [the official site](https://www.chaumont-laguiche.fr/visite/). ## Visiting The stables are shown on guided tours in summer, from late July to about 20 September, and private visits can be booked all year. The estate also hosts shows, equestrian evenings, weddings and a Christmas event, and three holiday cottages stand near the château. The château itself remains the family home. ## Did you know? Legend says only the king could keep a hundred horses, so the stables were built for ninety-nine. The hundredth is the stone horse of Philibert de La Guiche above the door. ## Around Château de Chaumont What to combine with Château de Chaumont on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Montagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/montagny) (30 km away): A white-only appellation of hillside vineyards around Buxy, with a wealth of premiers crus. ### Châteaux - [Château de Gros-Chigy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gros-chigy) (10 km away): A late medieval stronghold on the old frontier between ducal Burgundy and the royal Mâconnais. - [Château de Besanceuil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-besanceuil) (15 km away): A fortified manor of the 1380s near Cormatin, softened over the centuries with painted panelling. - [Château de Digoine](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-digoine) (17 km away): The pearl of the Charolais, an 18th-century château with a small private theatre, rose garden and landscaped park. ### Things to do - [Église Notre-Dame de Cluny](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-notre-dame-cluny) (19 km away): Cluny's Gothic parish church, watched over by fifty carved faces and the three-faced Pidou-Berlu. - [Tour des Fromages](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/tour-des-fromages-cluny) (19 km away): A tower of the abbey wall of Cluny, with 120 steps up to the best view of the abbey town. - [Cluny Market (Marché de Cluny)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-de-cluny), 19 km away: A Saturday morning market in the streets of Cluny's medieval town, right beside the abbey. ### Restaurants - [Maison Doucet](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/maison-doucet-charolles) (13 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): A second star in 2026 for Frédéric Doucet's tribute to the Charolais country. ## Questions about Château de Chaumont ### How far is Château de Chaumont from Beaune? Château de Chaumont is about 1 h 07 from Beaune by road (86 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €235 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Château de Chaumont? Yes, Château de Chaumont 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 de Chaumont? 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:chaumont): €235 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - --- Canonical page: