--- title: "Hôtel des Postes de Dijon: How to Visit and What to See" description: "The Hôtel des Postes on Place Grangier is the building Dijon people call the Grande Poste." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-des-postes-dijon lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/hotel-des-postes-dijon.png --- # Hôtel des Postes de Dijon > Hôtel des Postes de Dijon: Dijon's grand post office of 1909, on the site of the vanished castle, with a clock framed by Day and Night. Hôtel des Postes de Dijon is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 44 min by road (48 km) from Beaune. Allow 15 to 20 minutes · UNESCO World Heritage · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Hôtel des Postes on Place Grangier is the building Dijon people call the Grande Poste. The architect Louis Perreau designed it in a style inspired by Louis XVI, and it opened in 1909 on the site of the old castle of Dijon. Today it houses a post office, a hotel and offices, behind facades listed as historic monuments. ## Key facts - Type: Heritage - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3236, 5.0368 - 44 min from Beaune - Allow 15 to 20 minutes - UNESCO World Heritage - Where: [Dijon · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) - 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 From the end of the Middle Ages, the site of Place Grangier was taken up by the castle of Dijon, built from 1478 to 1510 after Burgundy passed to the French crown. The castle was pulled down between 1891 and 1897. On part of its site, Louis Perreau, one of the leading Dijon architects of the time, built the new post office from 1907. It was inaugurated on 24 October 1909, with a metal turret that held the telephone exchange and the telegraph. The post office was enlarged from 1927, with an Art Deco wing completed in 1932 by Charles Danne and Gilles Delavault, the regional architect of the postal service. The street and courtyard facades, the entrance gate, the public hall, the grand staircase and the castle's old well were listed as historic monuments in 2013. After major works, the post office now uses only part of the building. The rest holds offices and a four-star hotel that opened in 2024. ## What you will see Start on Place Grangier and look at the corner of the building, cut at an angle, where a large clock is framed by Paul Gasq's sculptures of Day and Night. High on the main facade, two oval medallions hold mosaic cockerels, the emblem of the old French postal service. If the post office is open, step into the public hall with its coffered ceiling. In front stands Le Compteur du temps, a sculpture by Gloria Friedmann unveiled in 2020: a sphere set with clocks showing the time in cities around the world. ## Planning your visit The facades can be seen at any time, free, and a stop of 15 to 20 minutes is enough. The public hall can be seen during post office opening hours. Place Grangier is a few minutes' walk from Les Halles and rue de la Liberté. Louis Perreau's Art Nouveau building at the corner of rue du Château and rue du Temple stands right next door. ## Did you know? The castle's old well survived the demolition. It is still inside the post office, in the boiler room, and is protected along with the facades. ## Around Hôtel des Postes de Dijon What to combine with Hôtel des Postes de Dijon 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) (2 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) (7 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Boutique Maille](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-maille-dijon) (1 km away): Maille's historic Dijon mustard shop, where fresh mustard is served from the pump. - [Porte Guillaume](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/porte-guillaume-dijon) (1 km away): An 18th-century triumphal arch on Place Darcy, built on the site of a medieval city gate. - [Dijon Covered Market (Les Halles), Les Halles de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/halles-de-dijon) (1 km away): Dijon's 19th-century iron market hall, busy with Burgundy produce four mornings a week. ### Restaurants - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (1 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge - [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 - [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 ### 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 des Postes de Dijon ### How far is Hôtel des Postes de Dijon from Beaune? Hôtel des Postes de Dijon 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 des Postes de Dijon take? For the visit, allow 15 to 20 minutes. ### Is Hôtel des Postes de Dijon a UNESCO World Heritage site? Yes. Hôtel des Postes de Dijon is part of a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. ### Can a private driver take us to Hôtel des Postes de Dijon? 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:postesdijon): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - --- Canonical page: