--- title: "Jardin de l’Arquebuse, Dijon: Botanical Garden, Planetarium" description: "A botanical garden, natural history museum and planetarium by Dijon station, with over 70 grape varieties. Allow 1 to 2 hours, with a driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/jardin-de-l-arquebuse lang: en updated: 2026-09-30 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/jardin-de-l-arquebuse.png --- # Arquebuse Botanical Garden (Jardin de l’Arquebuse) > Arquebuse Botanical Garden: a botanical garden, natural history museum and planetarium beside Dijon station. Arquebuse Botanical Garden is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 43 min by road (47 km) from Beaune. Allow 1 to 2 hours · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Jardin de l'Arquebuse brings together a botanical garden, a natural history museum and a planetarium on one site close to Dijon station. It offers a green, peaceful break from the old town. Wine lovers will enjoy its trail of more than 70 grape varieties from around the world. ## Key facts - Type: Nature & viewpoints - Where: Dijon · Côte-d'Or - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3212, 5.0276 - 43 min from Beaune - Allow 1 to 2 hours - Dijon - Official website: [dijon-metropole.fr](https://www.dijon-metropole.fr/dijon-metropole-a-votre-service/biodiversite/le-jardin-de-larquebuse/) - From Beaune: ≈ 43 min · 47 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): 43 min by road (47 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 The site takes its name from the company of arquebusiers, the city's marksmen, whose early 17th-century building still stands here. The building and its gardens, including the old shooting ground and the botanical garden, have been listed as a historic monument since 1964. The natural history museum was founded in 1836 by the naturalist Léonard Nodot and occupies the old arquebusiers' building. The Hubert Curien planetarium, a fully digital dome with about 60 seats, opened in 2005. For some years the whole site was called the Jardin des sciences, before it returned to its historic name. The garden has since been renewed with a trail of food plants and grape varieties, a nod to Dijon's place at the start of the Route des Grands Crus. ## What you will see Stroll through the botanical beds, the rose garden and the arboretum with its stream, past a pond with ducks, a rock garden and flowering meadows. The new trail of flavours shows edible plants from around the world and more than 70 grape varieties on some 400 vines. The museum explains biodiversity with specimens, fossils and models, while planetarium shows fill a 360-degree dome. ## Planning your visit The garden is a public park close to Dijon-Ville station and a short walk from the Cité de la gastronomie. The museum is free and closed on Tuesdays. Planetarium shows run at set times, several aimed at children. Temporary exhibitions change through the year. Check the official website for opening times of the garden, museum and planetarium. ## Did you know? The garden's vines, representing more than 70 grape varieties, grow just a few hundred metres from the starting point of the Route des Grands Crus. ## Around Arquebuse Botanical Garden What to combine with Arquebuse Botanical Garden 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) (6 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) (9 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 - [Darcy Garden (Jardin Darcy)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/jardin-darcy), 1 km away: Dijon's first public garden, built over Henry Darcy's reservoir and guarded by a polar bear. - [International City of Gastronomy and Wine (Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cite-gastronomie-vin-dijon), 1 km away: Burgundy's showcase of French food and wine, set in a hospital founded in 1204. - [Saint-Bénigne Cathedral, Dijon (Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cathedrale-saint-benigne), 1 km away: A Gothic abbey church turned cathedral, above a round crypt from around the year 1000. ### 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) ### Guides about Arquebuse Botanical Garden - [Burgundy with children](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-with-children) ## Questions about Arquebuse Botanical Garden ### How far is Arquebuse Botanical Garden from Beaune? Arquebuse Botanical Garden is about 43 min from Beaune by road (47 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 Arquebuse Botanical Garden take? For the visit, allow 1 to 2 hours. ### When is Arquebuse Botanical Garden open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (dijon-metropole.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Arquebuse Botanical Garden? 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:arquebuse): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: