--- title: "Parc de la Bouzaize, Beaune: Lake, Walks and Vineyards" description: "Five-hectare English-style park laid out from 1886 round the Bouzaize spring, with a lake, islands and animals. Open all year, at the foot of the vines." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/parc-de-la-bouzaize-beaune lang: en updated: 2026-09-30 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/parc-de-la-bouzaize-beaune.png --- # Bouzaize Park (Parc de la Bouzaize) > Bouzaize Park: a romantic 19th-century English-style park around the spring of the Bouzaize, just outside the old town. Bouzaize Park is in Beaune. Allow 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. The Parc de la Bouzaize is Beaune's main park, a five-hectare English-style garden laid out around the spring of the little Bouzaize river. It has a lake with islands, fine old trees, play areas and a small animal park. It lies a few minutes' walk west of the centre, at the foot of the vineyards. ## Key facts - Type: Nature & viewpoints - Location: In Beaune - Coordinates: 47.0275, 4.8279 - In Beaune itself - Allow 45 minutes to 1.5 hours - Where: [Beaune · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune) - Official website: [beaune.fr](https://www.beaune.fr/ma-ville/une-ville-au-naturel/les-parcs-et-jardins/le-parc-de-la-bouzaize/) - 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 The park was created in the 1880s because the town needed water. Mayor Paul Bouchard began buying the land around the lake and the Fontaine de la Bourgeoise in 1886. Other plots followed gradually, some of them when phylloxera forced growers to pull up their vines, and the last were bought around 1910. The park has been a protected site since 18 July 1949. Designed as a romantic garden in the English style, the park tells a story of travel and botanical discovery. A statue of a water nymph by the sculptor Auguste Préault was placed near the spring in the 1920s. Between 2007 and 2010 the park was renovated, with a new water garden, a teaching farm, a modernised aviary and play areas grouped on one bank. ## What you will see Stroll around the lake and its islands, where rowing boats can be hired in spring and summer, and look for remarkable trees such as the cedar of Lebanon near the main entrance and the bald cypresses at the tips of the islands. Near the spring stands Béléna, a bronze nude by the Belgian sculptor Irénée Duriez, named after the spring from which Beaune grew. Children will enjoy the playgrounds and animals. ## Planning your visit Allow 45 minutes for a stroll, longer with children. The park is open all year. It is the starting point of a signed walk through Beaune's premiers crus and lies close to the Voie des Vignes cycle route, so it makes a good first stop before a vineyard outing. Check the town's official website for opening times. ## Did you know? During the Second World War, the town gardeners saved Préault's water nymph from looting by hiding it on the park's island. The statue is now kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts. ## Around Bouzaize Park What to combine with Bouzaize Park 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 la Commaraine](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-commaraine) (3 km away): A towered château in the heart of Pommard, set in its own walled Premier Cru vineyard. - [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 - [Domaine Baptiste Guyot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-baptiste-guyot-beaune) (1 km away): A small family estate on the western edge of Beaune, where the town meets the vines. - [Beaune Premiers Crus Walk (Circuit No. 12), Circuit n°12, à travers quelques premiers crus de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/circuit-premiers-crus-de-beaune) (1 km away): An easy six-kilometre loop from the Parc de la Bouzaize through Beaune's premier cru vineyards. - [La Voie des Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/voie-des-vignes-beaune-santenay) (1 km away): A 22-kilometre cycle route from Beaune to Santenay through Pommard, Volnay, Meursault and the Montrachet villages. ### Restaurants - [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 - [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 - [Table de Levernois](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/table-de-levernois) (5 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Relais & Châteaux country house outside Beaune, with its own kitchen garden and 1,800 wines ### Events - **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) - **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) - **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 Bouzaize Park - [Beaune in one day](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-in-one-day) - [Getting to Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/getting-to-beaune) ## Questions about Bouzaize Park ### How long does a visit to Bouzaize Park take? For the visit, allow 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. ### When is Bouzaize Park open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (beaune.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Bouzaize Park? 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:bouzaize): Half-day wine tour from Beaune: €290 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - --- Canonical page: