Is the Mâconnais worth the drive from Beaune?

Yes for white wine lovers: Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran are about 1 h 10 away, and the Roche de Solutré and Tournus make the day more than a string of tastings.

Why two extra hours for the Mâconnais?

The loop with Tournus covers about 210 km, more than a full day of eight hours allows with three tastings and lunch: two extra hours give you ten.

Can we climb the Roche de Solutré?

Yes, on foot: allow about an hour for the round trip from the foot of the rock, more if you linger at the top, and wear shoes with grip, as the stone can be slippery.

3 days

The Mâconnais: Pouilly-Fuissé and the Roche de Solutré

Three days in Beaune with a day in the Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé and the Roche de Solutré about 1 h 10 south, with transfers from Lyon or Geneva, from €1,340 per car for up to 4 guests.

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Roche de Solutré — Photo: Daniel CULSAN, CC BY-SA 3.0

Day by day

The Mâconnais is Burgundy's southern white wine country, where Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran grow below the limestone escarpments of Solutré and Vergisson. It lies about 95 km from Beaune, so the light plan drops you in Pouilly-Fuissé for a tasting, lunch and the path up the Roche de Solutré, and brings you back at the end of the afternoon. The full plan makes it a full wine day with two extra hours, adding Saint-Véran, with Viré-Clessé and the Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus on the way back.

Lyon airport or Part-Dieu · Light pace

Day 1Arrival in Beaune

12:00Lyon airport or Part-Dieu → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 1 h 50Your driver meets you at Lyon airport arrivals or at Part-Dieu; Beaune in about 1 h 50.€410
16:00Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu)On your ownThe Hôtel-Dieu and a walk on the ramparts.

Day 2Pouilly-Fuissé and the Roche de Solutré

09:00Beaune → Pouilly-FuisséDriver there, and back later the same day · ≈ 1 h 10 each way · back about 17:45About 1 h 10 south: a tasting in Pouilly-Fuissé, lunch, then the path up the Roche de Solutré, about an hour there and back; back in Beaune at about 17:45.Pouilly-Fuissé€520

Day 3The way home

11:00Beaune → Lyon airport or Part-DieuTransfer · ≈ 1 h 50Lyon airport or Part-Dieu in about 1 h 50.€410

Total per car€1,340

Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €402 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

At the foot of the Roche de Solutré, the Maison du Grand Site has a café, exhibitions and walking information.
The light on the cliff is at its finest in the late afternoon.
The abbey of Tournus opens every day, but its church closes to visits during services.

Questions

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Chardonnay lovers who know Meursault and want to taste the south. Travellers arriving from Lyon or Geneva, whose motorways pass the Mâconnais. Walkers: the round trip up the Roche de Solutré takes about an hour.

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The Mâconnais: Pouilly-Fuissé and the Roche de Solutré

Lyon airport or Part-Dieu · Light pace · €1,340 per car · 1 to 4 guests

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The Mâconnais: Pouilly-Fuissé and the Roche de Solutré