Why arrive at Le Creusot TGV?

It is about 1 h 20 from Paris by direct TGV but has no train on to Beaune: your driver covers the last 63 km, with the Côte Chalonnaise on the way.

Why by the hour in the full plan?

The second day ends at Le Creusot TGV with your luggage on board rather than at your hotel, so the driver is booked by the hour, for the hours you need.

Which wines does the Côte Chalonnaise make?

Mercurey, Givry and Rully make red and white Burgundy, Montagny white only, and Bouzeron its Aligoté.

2 days

Two days in the Côte Chalonnaise

Two days for the Côte Chalonnaise, Rully, Mercurey and Givry, with the Château de Germolles, from the Le Creusot TGV station, about 1 h 20 from Paris, or Chalon-Champforgeuil airfield, from €740 per car for up to 4 guests.

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The main building of the Château de Germolles seen from the north — Photo: C. Degrigny, CC0

Day by day

The road from the Le Creusot TGV station to Beaune runs past Mercurey, Germolles and Givry, so the Côte Chalonnaise is the natural first stop for travellers from Paris. The light plan visits the Château de Germolles, the best-preserved residence of the Valois dukes of Burgundy, on the first afternoon, and gives Mercurey a morning before your train. The full plan books the driver by the hour: Bouzeron and Rully on the first afternoon, then Mercurey, Givry, Montagny and Germolles, ending at the station for the evening TGV.

Le Creusot TGV station · Light pace

Day 1Arrival and the Château de Germolles

10:30Le Creusot TGV station → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 50 minYour driver meets your TGV at Le Creusot TGV, about 1 h 20 from Paris; Beaune in about 50 minutes.€165
15:00Beaune → Château de GermollesDriver there and back · ≈ 33 min each way · back about 18:30The Château de Germolles: a guided tour of about an hour and a quarter, often given by the owners, then the park on your own; back at about 18:30.Château de Germolles€220

Day 2Mercurey, then the TGV

10:00Beaune → MercureyDriver there and back · ≈ 35 min each way · back about 13:30A tasting in Mercurey, at the Château de Chamirey or a family domaine, and lunch in the village; back at about 13:30.Mercurey€190
15:00Beaune → Le Creusot TGV stationTransfer · ≈ 50 minLe Creusot TGV in about 50 minutes, for the TGV to Paris.€165

Total per car€740

Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €222 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request.

What’s included

What the trip includes

Your private driver and the electric car for every service of the plan
Tolls, parking and waiting
Flight and train tracking on the transfers, and a name board at arrivals
Child seats on request

What you arrange yourself

Your hotels
Tastings, paid to each domaine
Meals and restaurant tables
Tickets, guided tours and visits
Your trains and flights

Good to know

Germolles is shown on guided tours from mid-March to mid-October, Tuesday to Sunday, and every day in July and August; in winter, by appointment.
The Château de Rully opens to visitors in July and August only, for guided tours on the hour.
The Château de Chamirey receives visitors for tastings from Monday to Saturday: book ahead.

Questions

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Paris travellers who want a short trip with little time on the road. Explorers who like quieter vineyards than the Côte d'Or. History lovers: Germolles was a duchess's country palace. Business and private flights to Chalon-Champforgeuil, 7 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône (the airfield plan).

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