Arquebuse Botanical Garden (Jardin de l’Arquebuse)
A botanical garden, natural history museum and planetarium beside Dijon station.
- Nature and viewpoint
- 43 min from Beaune
- Allow 1 to 2 hours
- Dijon
€120one way from Beaune with a private driver
At a glance
- Official website
- dijon-metropole.fr
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 43 min by road (47 km), €120 one way for the whole car.
Or add it to our full-day wine tour, €560.
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About the place
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.
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.
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.
Planning your visit
Tips for 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.
Around here
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- Christmas
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Fête de la Pressée
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Questions
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.
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.
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Arquebuse Botanical Garden with a private driver
€120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests