--- title: "Hospices de Beaune auction weekend plan" description: "Friday to Sunday of the Hospices de Beaune wine auction: the Fête des Grands Vins, special tastings and the sale, with your driver, from €540 per car." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/packages/hospices-de-beaune-auction-weekend lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-09 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/packages/hospices-de-beaune-auction-weekend.png --- # The Hospices de Beaune auction weekend > Friday to Sunday of the Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune, the third weekend of November: the Fête des Grands Vins, special tastings and the auction on the Sunday afternoon, with a driver for the closed streets, from €540 per car. - Length: 3 days - Theme: Seasons and events - Price: from €540 per car - [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune): The next edition starts on 13 November 2026: the plan’s first day follows it. On the third weekend of November Beaune celebrates its charity wine auction, first held in 1859: the Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne pours all 84 Burgundy appellations on the Friday afternoon and the Saturday, cellars hold special tastings, and the sale under the covered halls closes the weekend on the Sunday afternoon. The town usually closes the streets around the halls to traffic, and no car park can be booked, so your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits. The plan starts on the Friday of the next edition. ## Choose your plan - Paris airports or city · Light pace: €1,800 (Paris airports or city, and back) - Dijon station · Light pace: €540 (Dijon station, and back) - Dijon station · Full pace: €1,295 (Dijon station, and back) - Geneva airport · Light pace: €1,440 (Geneva airport, and back) - Dijon-Bourgogne airport · Full pace: €1,335 (Dijon-Bourgogne airport, and back) ## Paris airports or city · Light pace: €1,800 - Paris airports or city, and back - Book this trip: ### Day 1 · Friday: the Fête des Grands Vins opens - 09:00 · **Paris airports or city → Beaune** · Transfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 3 h 15 · €750: Pickup at your Paris address or airport; about 3 h 15 to Beaune by the A6. - 14:00 · **[Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne)** · On your own: The Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne at the Palais des Congrès, open to the public from 14:00: named tickets, bought online. - 18:30 · **[Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune)** · On your own: Lumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free. ### Day 2 · Saturday: the special tastings - 10:00–14:00 · **Driver for 4 hours** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver by the hour · €300: The special tastings you booked, at the Château de Meursault and in the cellars of Beaune: your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits. ### Day 3 · Sunday: the auction - 14:30 · **[Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune)** · On your own: The auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's. - 18:00 · **Beaune → Paris airports or city** · Transfer · ≈ 3 h 15 · €750: From the edge of the closed streets to Paris, about 3 h 15. ### The price, service by service | Day | Service | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Transfer · Paris airports or city → Beaune | €750 | | 2 | Private driver · Driver for 4 hours | €300 | | 3 | Transfer · Beaune → Paris airports or city | €750 | | | **Total per car** | **€1,800** | Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €540 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request. ## Dijon station · Light pace: €540 - Dijon station, and back - Book this trip: ### Day 1 · Friday: the Fête des Grands Vins opens - 11:00 · **Dijon station → Beaune** · Transfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 35 min · €120: Your driver meets your TGV at Dijon-Ville; Beaune in about 35 minutes. - 14:00 · **[Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne)** · On your own: The Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne at the Palais des Congrès, open to the public from 14:00: named tickets, bought online. - 18:30 · **[Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune)** · On your own: Lumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free. ### Day 2 · Saturday: the special tastings - 10:00–14:00 · **Driver for 4 hours** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver by the hour · €300: The special tastings you booked, at the Château de Meursault and in the cellars of Beaune: your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits. ### Day 3 · Sunday: the auction - 14:30 · **[Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune)** · On your own: The auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's. - 18:00 · **Beaune → Dijon station** · Transfer · ≈ 35 min · €120: Dijon-Ville in about 35 minutes, for an evening TGV. ### The price, service by service | Day | Service | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Transfer · Dijon station → Beaune | €120 | | 2 | Private driver · Driver for 4 hours | €300 | | 3 | Transfer · Beaune → Dijon station | €120 | | | **Total per car** | **€540** | Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €162 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request. ## Dijon station · Full pace: €1,295 - Dijon station, and back - Book this trip: ### Day 1 · Friday: the Côte de Nuits before the crowds - 09:00 · **Dijon station → Beaune** · Transfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 35 min · €120: Your driver meets your TGV at Dijon-Ville; Beaune in about 35 minutes. - 09:45–17:45 · **Full-day wine tour** ([Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin), [Château du Clos de Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-du-clos-de-vougeot), [Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vosne-romanee)) · 8 hours · €560: Gevrey-Chambertin, the Château du Clos de Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée on the way from Dijon, your luggage in the boot; at your hotel at about 17:45. - 18:30 · **[Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune)** · On your own: Lumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free. ### Day 2 · Saturday: the special tastings - 09:00–14:00 · **Driver for 5 hours** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver by the hour · €375: The Fête des Grands Vins as it opens at 9:00, then the special tasting of the Château de Meursault; your driver waits between the stops. ### Day 3 · Sunday: the auction - 10:00 · **Beaune → Château de Meursault** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver there and back · ≈ 14 min each way · back about 13:00 · €120: A morning special tasting in Meursault; back in Beaune before the sale. - 14:30 · **[Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune)** · On your own: The auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's. - 18:00 · **Beaune → Dijon station** · Transfer · ≈ 35 min · €120: Dijon-Ville in about 35 minutes, for an evening TGV. ### The price, service by service | Day | Service | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Transfer · Dijon station → Beaune | €120 | | 1 | Day tour · Full-day wine tour | €560 | | 2 | Private driver · Driver for 5 hours | €375 | | 3 | Private driver · Beaune → Château de Meursault | €120 | | 3 | Transfer · Beaune → Dijon station | €120 | | | **Total per car** | **€1,295** | Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €389 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request. ## Geneva airport · Light pace: €1,440 - Geneva airport, and back - Book this trip: ### Day 1 · Friday: the Fête des Grands Vins opens - 08:00 · **Geneva airport → Beaune** · Transfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 2 h 45 · €570: Your driver meets you on the French sector of Geneva airport; Beaune in about 2 h 45. - 14:00 · **[Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne)** · On your own: The Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne at the Palais des Congrès, open to the public from 14:00: named tickets, bought online. - 18:30 · **[Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune)** · On your own: Lumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free. ### Day 2 · Saturday: the special tastings - 10:00–14:00 · **Driver for 4 hours** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver by the hour · €300: The special tastings you booked, at the Château de Meursault and in the cellars of Beaune: your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits. ### Day 3 · Sunday: the auction - 14:30 · **[Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune)** · On your own: The auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's. - 18:00 · **Beaune → Geneva airport** · Transfer · ≈ 2 h 45 · €570: The French sector of Geneva airport in about 2 h 45. ### The price, service by service | Day | Service | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Transfer · Geneva airport → Beaune | €570 | | 2 | Private driver · Driver for 4 hours | €300 | | 3 | Transfer · Beaune → Geneva airport | €570 | | | **Total per car** | **€1,440** | Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €432 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request. ## Dijon-Bourgogne airport · Full pace: €1,335 - Dijon-Bourgogne airport, and back - Book this trip: ### Day 1 · Friday: the Côte de Nuits before the crowds - 09:00 · **Dijon-Bourgogne airport → Beaune** · Transfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 35 min · €140: Your driver meets your aircraft at Dijon-Bourgogne airport, open every day from 9:00 to 18:00, with a 2,400 m runway for business jets. - 09:45–17:45 · **Full-day wine tour** ([Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin), [Château du Clos de Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-du-clos-de-vougeot), [Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vosne-romanee)) · 8 hours · €560: Gevrey-Chambertin, the Château du Clos de Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée on the way from Dijon, your luggage in the boot; at your hotel at about 17:45. - 18:30 · **[Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune)** · On your own: Lumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free. ### Day 2 · Saturday: the special tastings - 09:00–14:00 · **Driver for 5 hours** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver by the hour · €375: The Fête des Grands Vins as it opens at 9:00, then the special tasting of the Château de Meursault; your driver waits between the stops. ### Day 3 · Sunday: the auction - 10:00 · **Beaune → Château de Meursault** ([Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault)) · Driver there and back · ≈ 14 min each way · back about 13:00 · €120: A morning special tasting in Meursault; back in Beaune before the sale. - 14:30 · **[Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune)** · On your own: The auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's. - 18:00 · **Beaune → Dijon-Bourgogne airport** · Transfer · ≈ 35 min · €140: Dijon-Bourgogne airport in about 35 minutes. It closes at 18:00: ask for an evening departure 24 hours ahead. ### The price, service by service | Day | Service | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Transfer · Dijon-Bourgogne airport → Beaune | €140 | | 1 | Day tour · Full-day wine tour | €560 | | 2 | Private driver · Driver for 5 hours | €375 | | 3 | Private driver · Beaune → Château de Meursault | €120 | | 3 | Transfer · Beaune → Dijon-Bourgogne airport | €140 | | | **Total per car** | **€1,335** | Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €401 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request. ## What the trip includes - Your private driver and the electric car for every service of the plan - Tolls, parking and waiting - Flight and train tracking on the transfers, and a name board at arrivals - Help choosing and booking domaines on the wine days - Child seats on request ## What you arrange yourself - Your hotels - Tastings, paid to each domaine - Meals and restaurant tables - Tickets, guided tours and visits - Your trains and flights ## Good to know - Book your room, your tastings, your tables and the car together: Beaune is full that weekend. - Seats in the sale room are given on request by Sotheby's; to bid, register with them before the sale. - The half marathon uses the roads of Pommard, Volnay and Meursault on the Saturday afternoon: allow extra time between villages. ## Questions ### Who is this trip for? Wine lovers who want to be in Beaune for its great weekend. Collectors who follow the sale. Travellers who book months ahead: rooms and drivers go first. Buyers who fly to Dijon-Bourgogne by business jet for the sale (the airport plan). ### When is the next auction weekend? On the third weekend of November, Friday to Sunday, with the sale on the Sunday afternoon; the page of the [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune) gives the confirmed dates, and this plan starts on that Friday. ### Can the public attend the auction? Only with a seat obtained in advance from Sotheby's; everyone else can follow it live from the place de la Halle. ### Why a driver by the hour on the Saturday? Because the town centre is closed to cars and the tastings are spread out: your driver drops you, waits and takes you on to the next cellar, with no parking to find. ## Other trips - [Winter in Burgundy: the Saint-Vincent Tournante](https://www.cote-privee.com/packages/saint-vincent-tournante-weekend): 3 days · Seasons and events · from €360 per car - [Four days in the harvest season](https://www.cote-privee.com/packages/harvest-season-4-days): 4 days · Seasons and events · from €815 per car - [Three days for a first wine trip in Burgundy](https://www.cote-privee.com/packages/first-wine-trip-3-days): 3 days · First wine trip · from €360 per car - [All multi-day trips](https://www.cote-privee.com/packages) --- Canonical page: