--- title: "Hôtel de Vogüé, Dijon: Courtyard and Glazed Tile Roof" description: "An early 17th-century mansion behind Notre-Dame, with an Italian-style portico and glazed tiles. A 15-minute stop on the Owl's Trail, driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-de-vogue lang: en updated: 2026-10-01 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/hotel-de-vogue.png --- # Hôtel de Vogüé > Hôtel de Vogüé: an early 17th-century magistrate's mansion with a glazed tile roof, just behind Notre-Dame. Hôtel de Vogüé is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 44 min by road (48 km) from Beaune. Allow 15 minutes · UNESCO World Heritage · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Hôtel de Vogüé is one of the most admired town houses of 17th-century Dijon. It stands just behind the choir of Notre-Dame, on rue de la Chouette. Its courtyard, Italian-style portico and roof of glazed Burgundy tiles make it a favourite stop on the Owl's Trail. ## Key facts - Type: Heritage - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3232, 5.0422 - 44 min from Beaune - Allow 15 minutes - UNESCO World Heritage - Where: [Dijon · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) - Official website: [destinationdijon.com](https://www.destinationdijon.com/patrimoine-culturel/hotel-de-vogue/) - From Beaune: ≈ 44 min · 48 km - €120 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 44 min by road (48 km), €120 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 Étienne Bouhier, a counsellor at the Parliament of Burgundy from 1607 to 1635 and a lover of the arts, built the house. The date 1614 on the great fireplace of the guard room marks the first wing to be built. The house is counted among the finest magistrates' mansions of 17th-century France. In 1766 it passed by marriage to the Vogüé family. The city now owns it, and it was listed as a historic monument in 1911. ## What you will see Walk through the rusticated gateway into the courtyard. The Italian-style portico and carved decoration bring Renaissance refinement to a measured classical plan, with the main building facing the entrance and two wings framing the courtyard. Look up at the roof, patterned with glazed Burgundy tiles in the local tradition. The apse of Notre-Dame is a few steps away. In summer the courtyard sometimes hosts concerts and exhibitions. The city, which has owned the house since 1961, singles out the portico on the inner side of the street wall, shaped like a triumphal arch carrying a terrace, as unique in France. Inside, the guard room keeps a painted French-style ceiling and the great fireplace of 1614, carved and inlaid with coloured marbles, and the next room has a fireplace showing the Rape of Proserpine. ## Planning your visit The building houses city offices, so the courtyard is the part to see, and access can vary with events held there. The interior opens for events: during the European Heritage Days in September 2026 the kitchens and garden were open, with a guided tour that exceptionally climbed to the upper floors, and from 6 to 18 October 2026 a free exhibition of 20th-century paintings is open every day from 10:30 to 18:00. It is a two-minute walk from the owl on rue de la Chouette. Plan it as a short stop on a walk through the old town. Check the official website for opening times. ## Did you know? The mansion passed to the Vogüé family in 1766, when Catherine Bouhier married Count Cerice-François-Melchior de Vogüé. It has kept their name ever since. ## Around Hôtel de Vogüé What to combine with Hôtel de Vogüé on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (1 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) (7 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) (10 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard) (1 km away): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 3 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (8 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Fallot Shop and Workshop, Dijon (La Boutique Atelier Fallot)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fallot-dijon), 1 km away: An independent family mustard house, with a tasting shop and workshop near the owl. - [Maison Millière](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-milliere-dijon) (1 km away): A half-timbered merchant's house of 1483 beside Notre-Dame, on the street of Dijon's lucky owl. - [Church of Notre-Dame, Dijon (Église Notre-Dame de Dijon)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/notre-dame-dijon), 1 km away: A 13th-century Gothic church with a famous clock, false gargoyles and Dijon's lucky owl. ### Restaurants - [La Maison des Cariatides](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-maison-des-cariatides-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A chef couple from Le Bristol regains a star behind one of Dijon's most ornate Renaissance façades - [L’Aspérule](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-asperule-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Keigo Kimura's intimate Dijon dining room: French technique, Japanese restraint - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion ### Events - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) - **Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon des Vignerons Indépendants de Bourgogne et du Jura](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-vignerons-independants-dijon): Some sixty independent growers from Burgundy and the Jura pour and sell their wines in Dijon. (Wine festival · Dijon) - **Saturday 31 October – Wednesday 11 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foire internationale et gastronomique de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foire-gastronomique-dijon): Burgundy's great food fair, held every autumn in Dijon since 1921. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of January.** · [Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/feeries-de-noel-dijon): Chalets, vin chaud, an ice rink and a big wheel across the heart of Dijon. (Christmas · Dijon) - **Usually from late November to early December.** · [Les Nuits d’Orient et d’ailleurs](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/nuits-d-orient-et-d-ailleurs-dijon): Dijon's winter festival of music, dance and art from the Orient and beyond. (Culture · Dijon) - **Each year on the weekend after the Saint-Vincent Tournante, usually a Saturday in late January or early February.** · [Saint-Vincent de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-de-dijon): Dijon honours the patron saint of winegrowers with a parade and a tasting village. (Tradition · Dijon) - **Usually a weekend in early June.** · [Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/grand-prix-age-d-or-dijon-prenois): France's oldest historic motor racing meeting, on the hills just outside Dijon. (Sport · Prenois) - **Every Sunday from late June to late September.** · [Le Brunch des Halles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/brunch-des-halles-dijon): Summer Sunday brunches cooked by local chefs under Dijon's iron market hall. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Every two years, in even-numbered years; recent editions were held in early July. The next is expected in 2028.** · [Les Fêtes de la Vigne de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-de-la-vigne-dijon): Dijon's international folk festival, born in 1946 and held every two years. (Culture · Dijon) - **Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Golden Coast Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/golden-coast-festival-dijon): Three days of French and international rap in a park on the edge of Dijon. (Music · Dijon) - **Usually a Sunday in mid September.** · [Vélotour Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/velotour-dijon): A playful bike ride through Dijon that opens places normally closed to cyclists. (Sport · Dijon) - **Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage Days.** · [Fête de la Pressée](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-pressee-chenove): The dukes' giant wine presses come back to life in Chenôve's old village. (Tradition · Chenôve) - **Usually the last days of September and the first days of October.** · [Tribu Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/tribu-festival-dijon): Dijon's festival of world music, jazz and adventurous sounds, at the turn of October. (Music · Dijon) ## Questions about Hôtel de Vogüé ### How far is Hôtel de Vogüé from Beaune? Hôtel de Vogüé is about 44 min from Beaune by road (48 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Hôtel de Vogüé take? For the visit, allow 15 minutes. ### When is Hôtel de Vogüé open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (destinationdijon.com) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Is Hôtel de Vogüé a UNESCO World Heritage site? Yes. Hôtel de Vogüé is part of a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. ### Can a private driver take us to Hôtel de Vogüé? 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, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:hoteldevogue): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: