--- title: "Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud: How to Visit and What to See" description: "Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud: history, what to see, how long to allow, and private driver prices from Beaune, Dijon, Lyon and Paris." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-du-velo-michel-grezaud-tournus lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/musee-du-velo-michel-grezaud-tournus.png --- # Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud > Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud: Nearly 200 bicycles, from an 1818 draisine to a carbon racing machine, in a former starch factory south of Tournus. Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud is in Tournus (Saône-et-Loire), 56 min by road (68 km) from Beaune. Opening hours: 1 April to 30 September: Tuesday to Sunday, 14:00 to 18:00 · Admission: Adults €6, reduced €3 · Allow 1 to 1.5 hours · Private driver from Beaune: €195 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud shows a collection of nearly 200 bicycles, unique in France for its variety, in three rooms of the old starch factory of Tournus. It traces two centuries of cycling, from the wooden draisine pushed with the feet to modern racing bikes. At the end of the visit, you can try riding some of the strangest machines yourself. ## Key facts - Type: Museums - Where: Tournus · Saône-et-Loire - Location: 50 km south of Beaune · Mâconnais - Coordinates: 46.5582, 4.9144 - 56 min from Beaune - Open 1 April to 30 September - Allow 1 to 1.5 hours - Official website: [enviesdevelo.com](https://www.enviesdevelo.com/) - From Beaune: ≈ 56 min · 68 km - €195 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): 56 min by road (68 km), €195 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 Michel Grézaud, a butcher in Tournus, started in the 1950s, at the age of 20, by restoring the local milkman's old delivery tricycle and then a high-wheeler found in the family attic. For decades he tracked down rusty wrecks, searching local papers for closing cycle shops and old sketches, until he had nearly 200 bicycles and more than 7,000 parts and objects. At 56 he closed his butcher's shop and, with his wife Josette, opened a bicycle museum at Cormatin, which ran from 1997 to 2007. When it had to close for lack of local support, the bicycles spent three years in his garage. In 2009 the town of Tournus and an association of cycling enthusiasts found them a new home in the former Féculerie, the old starch factory, and the museum reopened there in June 2010. Michel Grézaud died suddenly before he could see this new start, and the museum now bears his name. ## What you will see Some 600 square metres over three rooms follow the bicycle from the draisine of 1818 to the first chain-driven bikes, tricycles, tandems and children's bikes. Look for the strangest pieces: the lévocyclette, pedalled up and down like a sewing machine, a bike with the biggest gear in the world, one with a built-in pump and one you pedal with your arms. Working bikes of every kind, from the milkman's tricycle to the tandem of the first paid holidays, show cycling in everyday life. Before you leave, you can try a high-wheeler or a kangaroo bike. ## Opening hours and tickets - Opening hours: 1 April to 30 September: Tuesday to Sunday, 14:00 to 18:00 - Admission: Adults €6, reduced €3 - Booking: Not needed Checked on 8 October 2026 on [the official site](https://www.enviesdevelo.com/le-musee/tarifs-et-ouverture.html). ## Planning your visit The museum opens from early April to the end of September, every day except Monday, from 14:00 to 18:00; it is not heated in winter. In 2026 entry cost €6, or €3 reduced, free for children up to 10, and guided tours of 40 minutes to an hour, at €8, were booked in advance for groups of 10 to 15. It stands at Le Pas-Fleury, on the D906 just south of Tournus, and welcomes visitors with any kind of disability. ## Did you know? Among the museum's pieces is a blown-carbon bicycle built for the world hour record. ## Around Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud What to combine with Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Viré-Clessé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vire-clesse) (13 km away): Two neighbouring villages of the Haut-Mâconnais, joined in one appellation for generous Chardonnay. - [Montagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/montagny) (25 km away): A white-only appellation of hillside vineyards around Buxy, with a wealth of premiers crus. - [Givry](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/givry) (28 km away): A small wine town of 18th-century monuments, whose red wine is linked by legend to Henri IV. ### Châteaux - [Château d’Ozenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ozenay) (5 km away): A stone-roofed manor beside a Romanesque church, held by one family for some four hundred years. - [Château de Messey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-messey) (7 km away): A fortified house near Tournus, reborn as an organic wine estate with rooms and winegrowers' cottages. - [Château de Balleure](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-balleure) (9 km away): Birthplace of the Renaissance historian Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure, now a luxury guest house. ### Things to do - [Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-dieu-de-tournus) (1 km away): A 17th-century hospital with its wards, oak box beds and one of the oldest apothecaries in France. - [Saint-Philibert Abbey, Tournus (Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/abbaye-saint-philibert-tournus), 1 km away: One of the great Romanesque churches of France, with unusual crosswise vaults and a complete monastic setting. - [Les Vignerons de Mancey](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/vignerons-de-mancey-tournus) (1 km away): A growers' cooperative near Tournus, with a free trail on Burgundy wine and tastings of Mâcon-Mancey. ### Restaurants - [Aux Terrasses](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aux-terrasses-tournus) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred family house in Tournus, now in its second generation. - [L’Écrin de Yohann Chapuis](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-ecrin-de-yohann-chapuis-tournus) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): An intimate starred dining room in Tournus, from the chef who helped Lameloise win back its third star. - [La Marande](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-marande-montbellet) (11 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A family-run country house in the northern Mâconnais, starred since 2014. ## Questions about Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud ### How far is Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud from Beaune? Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud is about 56 min from Beaune by road (68 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €195 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud take? For the visit, allow 1 to 1.5 hours. ### When is Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (enviesdevelo.com) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud? 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:museeduvelo): €195 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - --- Canonical page: