--- title: "Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu): Visit, Tickets and Hours" description: "The 15th-century Hôtel-Dieu and its glazed-tile roofs: opening hours, tickets, what to see, how long to allow (1.5 to 2 hours) and the wine auction." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hospices-de-beaune-hotel-dieu lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/hospices-de-beaune-hotel-dieu.png --- # Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu), Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune > Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu): Beaune's 15th-century hospital for the poor, crowned by its famous roofs of glazed, patterned tiles. Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) is in Beaune. Opening hours: 1 April to 15 November: every day, 9:00 to 19:30; 16 November to 31 March: every day, 9:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 18:30 · Admission: Adults €12.50, reduced €9.50 · Allow 1.5 to 2 hours. The Hôtel-Dieu is the building most people picture when they think of Beaune. It was founded in 1443 as a hospital for the poor and cared for patients until the early 1970s. Today it is a museum, with its great ward, pharmacy, kitchen and a courtyard framed by multicoloured glazed roofs. ## Key facts - Type: Museums - Location: In Beaune - Coordinates: 47.0222, 4.8368 - In Beaune itself - Open all year - Allow 1.5 to 2 hours - Where: [Beaune · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune) - Official website: [hoteldieu.hospices-de-beaune.com](https://hoteldieu.hospices-de-beaune.com) - In Beaune, where your driver is based. - €290 for a [half-day wine tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) starting here, up to 4 guests ## Getting there Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) ## History Nicolas Rolin, chancellor to Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy, founded the hospital in 1443 with his wife Guigone de Salins. It was the time of the Hundred Years' War, and the museum notes that poverty and famine then touched three quarters of Beaune's people. Rolin wanted a palace for the poor. The great ward, the Grande Salle des Pôvres, was inaugurated in 1452, and the care of the sick was entrusted to a community of nursing sisters. The hospital kept working for more than five centuries. Services moved gradually to the new Philippe le Bon hospital from 1971, and the whole site was given over to visitors in 1988. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1862. The great ward was restored from 1875 by Maurice Ouradou, son-in-law of Viollet-le-Duc, who recreated its medieval-style furniture, including the rows of beds you see today. Wine has always helped to fund the hospital. Over the centuries, benefactors gave vineyards to the Hospices. The estate now covers about 60 hectares, and its wines are sold at a charity auction each November. Rolin also commissioned the Last Judgment altarpiece from the Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden. Made of nine oak panels and painted around 1445 to 1450, it once stood on the altar of the chapel in the great ward. ## What you will see The visit follows the old hospital room by room. You start in the Cour d'Honneur under the patterned roofs, then enter the Grande Salle des Pôvres, 50 metres long, where painted dragons appear to spit out the cross-beams. Further on come the Saint-Hugues room with its 17th-century murals, the kitchen with a roasting spit of 1698, and the pharmacy with 130 faience pots dated 1782. Tapestries woven in Tournai and Brussels hang in the Salle Saint-Louis. ## Opening hours and tickets - Opening hours: - 1 April to 15 November: every day, 9:00 to 19:30 - 16 November to 31 March: every day, 9:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 18:30 - Admission: Adults €12.50, reduced €9.50 - Booking: Not needed Ticket sales stop one hour before closing, and on 1 January and 25 December the Hôtel-Dieu opens from 14:00 to 18:30 only. Checked on 1 October 2026 on [the official site](https://reservation-hoteldieu.hospices-de-beaune.com/faq.html). ## Planning your visit Allow one and a half to two hours. Mornings and late afternoons are usually calmer, and booking online saves queuing in high season. The Last Judgment altarpiece is part of a long study and restoration programme, so check what is on show. Afterwards, cross to the covered market opposite. ## Did you know? When Louis XIV visited in 1658, he was shocked that men and women were nursed side by side in the Saint-Nicolas ward. He granted the hospital 500 livres a year so they could be separated. ## Around Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) What to combine with Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune) (1 km away): The wine capital of Burgundy, with the Hôtel-Dieu, old ramparts and cellars beneath its streets. - [Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pommard) (3 km away): A red-wine village between Beaune and Volnay, known for deep, firm Pinot Noir. - [Chorey-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chorey-les-beaune) (4 km away): A village on the gentle land just north of Beaune, known for supple and fruity reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beaune) (1 km away): Louis XI's fortress in the Beaune ramparts, now home to the Bouchard Père & Fils wine house. - [Château de Challanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-challanges) (3 km away): A 19th-century country house in a wooded park south-east of Beaune, now a hotel. - [Château de Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-pommard) (3 km away): A Régence château of 1726 and a 20-hectare walled vineyard at the entrance to Pommard. ### Things to do - [Visiotrain](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/visiotrain-beaune) (1 km away): A small electric tourist train with commentary that loops through Beaune's old town and past its vineyards. - [Beaune Market (Marché de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-de-beaune), 1 km away: Beaune's Saturday market fills the covered halls and squares facing the Hôtel-Dieu with local produce. - [Marché aux Vins](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-aux-vins-beaune) (1 km away): Taste Burgundy wines in the cellars and chapels of a medieval Franciscan church facing the Hôtel-Dieu. ### Restaurants - [Le Carmin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-carmin-beaune) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Christophe Quéant's poised, product-first cooking in a Renaissance house on place Carnot - [Clos du Cèdre](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/clos-du-cedre-beaune) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A winemaker's mansion by Beaune's ramparts, with a starred kitchen and a cellar of over 1,000 wines - [Table de Levernois](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/table-de-levernois) (4 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Relais & Châteaux country house outside Beaune, with its own kitchen garden and 1,800 wines ### Events - **Usually four consecutive weekends in July** · [Festival international d’opéra baroque de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-opera-baroque-beaune): Since 1983, a summer festival of baroque opera in the Hôtel-Dieu courtyard and Beaune's historic churches. (Music · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Sunday 15 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune): Burgundy's great charity wine auction, first held in 1859 and now staged each November in Beaune's covered halls. (Wine auction · Beaune) - **Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon de dégustation Pains Vins Fromages](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-pains-vins-fromages-beaune): Bread, cheese and wine under Beaune's covered halls, run by the town's tourism students. (Food & markets · Beaune) - **Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vignobles en Scène](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vignobles-en-scene-beaune): An October weekend of one-off wine experiences along the Route des Grands Crus. (Wine festival · Beaune and the Côte de Beaune) - **Friday, 13 November 2026 – Tuesday, 5 January 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune): Light projections on Beaune's landmarks, every evening in summer and from the Vente des Vins to early January. (Culture · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Semi-Marathon de la Vente des Vins de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-vente-des-vins-beaune): Burgundy's best-known half marathon, run through Pommard, Volnay and Meursault on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Sport · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne): Every Burgundy appellation in one hall, poured by the growers themselves, on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Beaune Blues Boogie Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-blues-boogie-festival): Five nights of boogie-woogie, blues and swing in Beaune's theatres and wine cellars. (Music · Beaune) - **Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Le Festi’Noël](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festi-noel-marche-de-noel-beaune): Beaune's Christmas market by the Porte Marie de Bourgogne, with crafts, treats and mulled wine. (Christmas · Beaune) - **Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 April 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Festival Beethoven à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-beethoven-beaune): A spring chamber music festival devoted to Beethoven, led by the cellist Sung-Won Yang. (Music · Beaune) - **Each year over several weeks in late spring and early summer, usually ending in early July** · [Mois des Climats](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/mois-des-climats): A festival of visits, walks and tastings celebrating Burgundy's UNESCO-listed Climats. (Culture · Beaune and the Côte-d'Or vineyards) - **Usually Ascension Thursday, in May, with staggered departures from late morning** · [Beaune Saveurs de Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-saveurs-de-vignes): A gourmet walk through Beaune's vineyards, with growers pouring at every stop. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Late September, over four days from Thursday to Sunday (24 to 27 September in 2026)** · [Festival d’automne Jazz O’Verre](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-jazz-o-verre-beaune): Four days of jazz in Beaune at the end of September, in the spirit of a good glass of wine. (Music · Beaune) - **Early October, on a Saturday, with starts from late morning (3 October in 2026)** · [L’Automnale](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/l-automnale-beaune-cyclos): An autumn cycling tour of the Côte and Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, from 44 to 90 km. (Sport · Beaune) ### Guides about Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) - [Beaune in one day](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-in-one-day) - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay) - [Burgundy day trip from Paris](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-day-trip-from-paris) - [A Burgundy wine day from Lyon](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wine-day-from-lyon) - [Burgundy with children](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-with-children) ## Questions about Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) ### How long does a visit to Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) take? For the visit, allow 1.5 to 2 hours. ### When is Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (hoteldieu.hospices-de-beaune.com) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Is Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) a UNESCO World Heritage site? Yes. Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) is part of a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. ### Can a private driver take us to Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu)? 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. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=sight:hoteldieu): Half-day wine tour from Beaune: €290 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: