--- title: "Hameau Duboeuf, Beaujolais: Wine Theme Park Visit" description: "Georges Duboeuf's wine theme park in an old station, with a tasting at the end. Half a day, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Private driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hameau-duboeuf lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/hameau-duboeuf.png --- # Hameau Duboeuf > Hameau Duboeuf: a wine theme park in a former railway station, created by the Beaujolais merchant Georges Duboeuf. Hameau Duboeuf is in Romanèche-Thorins (Saône-et-Loire), 1 h 27 by road (123 km) from Beaune. Allow half a day · Private driver from Beaune: €320 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. At Romanèche-Thorins, where the Mâconnais meets the Beaujolais, the Hameau Duboeuf presents itself as the first theme park devoted to the vine and wine in Europe. Around fifteen themed rooms, films, a simulated flight over the vineyards and a working winery tell the story of wine, ending with a tasting. ## Key facts - Type: Wine experiences - Where: Romanèche-Thorins · Saône-et-Loire - Location: 95 km south of Beaune · Saône-et-Loire - Coordinates: 46.1764, 4.7421 - 1 h 27 from Beaune - Allow half a day - Romanèche-Thorins - Official website: [duboeuf.com](https://www.duboeuf.com/fr/le-parc/) - From Beaune: ≈ 1 h 27 · 123 km - €320 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 1 h 27 by road (123 km), €320 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 Georges Duboeuf, born in 1933 at Crêches-sur-Saône into a family of winegrowers, built a wine business known worldwide for its Beaujolais. In 1993 he opened the Hameau du Vin in the former railway station of Romanèche-Thorins, as a museum of vine growing and winemaking with a shop. He died in 2020, and the park remains part of the family wine business he founded. The site has grown over the years. The Duboeuf winery, with 150 stainless steel vats and six oak vats, opened to visitors in July 2003. A garden among the vines presents the aromas of wine in six themed plots. Since 2023 the old station has hosted L'Impérial, an immersive show set around a Napoleon III railway carriage, in which objects from the collection come to life. ## What you will see The tour starts in a hall recreating a railway station of 1900, then moves through rooms on 2,000 years of wine trades, a collection of more than 3,000 old tools and objects, early advertising posters and a reconstructed Lyon bistro. A dynamic cinema flies you over the Beaujolais and the Mâconnais. From mid-April, in the warmer months, a little train also takes you to the winery and to the garden, with its pedal cars and mini golf. ## Planning your visit Allow half a day. The park is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and for a winter break in January, and the garden and winery open from mid-April; check the official website for opening times. Romanèche-Thorins has its own railway halt, and it combines well with the Roche de Solutré and the Pouilly-Fuissé villages. The tasting at the end includes crus of the Beaujolais and the Mâconnais. ## Did you know? Some of the cellars on the visit date from 1855 and are still in use today, holding part of the Duboeuf wines while they age. ## Around Hameau Duboeuf What to combine with Hameau Duboeuf on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Saint-Véran](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/saint-veran) (9 km away): Fresh Chardonnay from villages that wrap around Pouilly-Fuissé, beneath the Roche de Solutré. - [Pouilly-Fuissé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pouilly-fuisse) (12 km away): Burgundy's great southern white, grown beneath the limestone cliffs of Solutré and Vergisson. ### Châteaux - [Château d’Estours](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-estours) (8 km away): A moated fortified house south of Mâcon, fought over by Écorcheurs and Mâcon militias. - [Château de Vinzelles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vinzelles) (11 km away): Two neighbouring castles above Vinzelles, linked by a vat house with great wooden wine presses. - [Château de Chasselas](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chasselas) (11 km away): A three-towered castle with glazed-tile roofs in the Saint-Véran hills, long the heart of a wine estate. ### Things to do - [Cave de Vinzelles-Loché](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cave-de-vinzelles-loche) (11 km away): The 1929 cooperative of Vinzelles and Loché, where three Pouilly appellations can be tasted side by side. - [Domaine Luquet Depuis 1878](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-luquet-fuisse) (12 km away): A family estate in the heart of Fuissé since 1878, with six generations of Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran. - [Solutré Museum of Prehistory (Musée de Préhistoire de Solutré)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-de-prehistoire-de-solutre), 14 km away: A half-buried museum at the foot of the rock, telling the story of Solutré's Ice Age hunters. ### Restaurants - [L’Auberge du Cep](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/auberge-du-cep-fleurie) (4 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A historic inn in the Beaujolais cru village of Fleurie, starred again since 2021. - [La Table de Chaintré](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-de-chaintre) (9 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): One menu a week, one husband-and-wife team, in a former village grocery near Mâcon. - [L’O des Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-o-des-vignes-fuisse) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Meilleur Ouvrier de France cooking in the heart of Pouilly-Fuissé. ## Questions about Hameau Duboeuf ### How far is Hameau Duboeuf from Beaune? Hameau Duboeuf is about 1 h 27 from Beaune by road (123 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €320 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Hameau Duboeuf take? For the visit, allow half a day. ### When is Hameau Duboeuf open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (duboeuf.com) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Hameau Duboeuf? 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. → [Full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:hameau): €320 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - --- Canonical page: