Visiting Burgundy with kids starts with the estates and sites that publish children's visits and prices. In and around Beaune, the tourist office lists three estates that run tastings for children, and the Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne has a children's route that ends with a grape juice tasting.
Between the cellars there is a mustard mill, a cassis museum in Nuits-Saint-Georges, a château with collections of planes and motorcycles, a lakeside park and free museums in Dijon.
This page covers the trains from Paris, opening times, how each family visit works, children's prices and what to know before you go.
Getting there
The fastest option is the direct TGV INOUI from Paris Gare de Lyon to Mâcon-Loché TGV, at 1 hour 30 minutes. Bus line E links Mâcon-Loché TGV with Mâcon-Ville station in Mâcon.
Direct TGV trains from Paris Gare de Lyon reach Dijon in 1 hour 35 minutes. Beaune is 2 hours 15 minutes from Paris, with a change at Dijon.
For Chablis, take the TER from Paris-Bercy to Auxerre-Saint-Gervais, in around 1 hour 45 minutes. Chablis has no railway station and lies 20 km from Auxerre.
| Option | From | To | Time | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGV INOUI | Paris Gare de Lyon | Mâcon-Loché TGV | 1h30 | 0 |
| TGV | Paris Gare de Lyon | Dijon | 1h35 | 0 |
| TGV and TER | Paris | Beaune | 2h15 | 1 |
| TER | Paris-Bercy | Auxerre-Saint-Gervais | 1h45 | — |
The TER line from Dijon to Mâcon stops at Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaune. The fastest TER from Dijon to Beaune takes 18 minutes.
In Beaune, electric shuttles link the station with the Cité des Climats in 5 minutes. The Cassissium is about a 5-minute walk from Nuits-Saint-Georges station.
For timetables and connections, see Paris to Beaune by train, Dijon to Beaune and Getting to Chablis. For buses and bikes, see Burgundy without a car.
When to go
The main family sites open all year, and several keep shorter hours or fewer days in winter.
The Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune opens 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. from April 1 to November 15, 2026. From January 1 to March 31 and from November 16 to December 31 it opens 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Cité des Climats in Beaune opens every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from January 1 to March 31. From April 1 to May 30 and from October 1 to November 30 it opens 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from June 1 to September 30 it opens 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It closes for part of January.
The Cassissium opens every day from April 1 to November 1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. From November 2 to March 31 it opens Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., or 6 p.m. on Saturdays and in school holidays. It closes on December 25 and January 1.
Veuve Ambal receives visitors Monday to Saturday all year, and seven days a week from April 5 to October 25, 2026. The Clos de la Belle Châtelaine walk runs from May 1 to December 31, 2026.
In Parc de la Bouzaize, the carousel and the refreshment kiosk open from spring and all summer, weather permitting.
The Hospices de Beaune wine sale weekend
The wine sale weekend runs from November 13 to 15, 2026, and the tourist office lists creative workshops, puppet shows, treasure hunts, discovery trails and a funfair for children. On November 14 and 15, the Banquet des Ducs de Bourgogne at 24 rue Paradis runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with free entry and a free heraldry workshop for ages 6 and up.
Visiting the estates
The Beaune tourist office lists three estates that run tastings for children: Domaine Besancenot, the Clos de la Belle Châtelaine and Veuve Ambal.
Domaine Besancenot, at 78 rue du Faubourg Saint-Nicolas in Beaune, runs the TRIBU family tasting. Adults taste 2 white and 2 red wines, including 1 blind wine, and children aged 5 and over taste 5 syrups. The hour includes a team aromas game.
The TRIBU visit runs Monday to Friday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., for 2 to 16 people. Book on 03 80 22 18 76.
Veuve Ambal, in Montagny-lès-Beaune, opens its Crémant de Bourgogne production site for guided or audio-guided visits. Adults taste 3 crémants, and the visit and tasting take about 1 hour 30 minutes.
At Veuve Ambal, children can draw and color in a special area while tasting the house's non-alcoholic products, and the house has created a tour adapted for children. Departures run Monday to Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., and on Sundays from April 5 to October 25, 2026 at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Book on 03 80 25 90 81.
The Clos de la Belle Châtelaine, on Chemin de la Châtelaine in Beaune, runs a walk with Jean-Louis, who tells the story of the Clos and of the phylloxera epidemic over 120 years ago. The tasting covers 2 wines and crème de cassis. Groups take 2 to 25 people. Book on 06 85 08 61 49.
The Château du Clos de Vougeot needs no booking for a self-guided visit. Ask Mona, a conversational AI reached by QR codes on blue placards, answers questions on the château's history.
Guided tours of the Clos de Vougeot last 1 hour, run in English at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., take 20 people and are by reservation. The standard entry includes no tasting.
For booking terms at other domaines, see Booking Burgundy domaine visits.
Family sights beyond the cellars
The Cités des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne
The Cité in Beaune, at 21 avenue Charles de Gaulle, has a 1-hour-30-minute visitor trail that ends with a tasting. A children's route marked by 7 small cabottes, or vineyard shelters, ends with a grape juice tasting. The Cités in Chablis and Mâcon have the same children's route.
Guided tours of the Beaune trail last 1 hour and run at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. every day in school holidays, and at weekends outside them.
The Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune
The self-guided visit of the Hôtel-Dieu, at 2 rue de l'Hôtel-Dieu, takes about 1 hour. The audioguide comes in 10 languages for adults and 4 languages for children. You can move around with a stroller, and the cobbled courtyard is manageable.
Mustard and cassis
La Moutarderie Fallot, at 31 rue du Faubourg Bretonnière in Beaune, runs two tours. Parcours Découvertes is an interactive walk through the history of mustard, with ancient tools, light and sound displays, and a chance to make and taste mustard. It takes about 1 hour 15 minutes and runs every day in 2026 at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. (in French and English), 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The Fallot Sensations Fortes tour follows production from the storage silo to the packaging, with seeds ground on a stone millstone. It takes about 1 hour, with English tours at 1:30 p.m. from June 1 to September 30, 2026.
Le Cassissium, at 8 passage Montgolfier in Nuits-Saint-Georges, combines a museum tour, a movie, a guided factory tour and a tasting. Children are welcome and taste syrups during the visit. The visit lasts 90 minutes in French or English, and you must book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes early.
The Château de Savigny
The Château de Savigny in Savigny-lès-Beaune holds collections of cars, planes, tractors, fire engines, motorcycles and models. The ticket covers the collections, the château, its furnished cellars and the park.
Parks, free stops and bikes
Parc de la Bouzaize, a few minutes' walk from the center of Beaune, covers 5 hectares around a lake and dates from 1883. It has boat rides, with tickets sold at the kiosk, a carousel, play areas on the right bank and a teaching farm with Solognot and Ouessant sheep and alpacas.
La Maison des Climats, in the Beaune tourist office at 6 boulevard de Perpreuil, is a free exhibition with a 9-meter augmented-reality model of the vineyard. The 5th-floor terrace of the Cité des Climats is also free.
In Gevrey-Chambertin, the Halle Chambertin at 1 rue Gaston Roupnel has a free visit with 15 interactive modules and game tables for children. The tourist office there runs a 2-hour-30-minute guided walk on the Bossière trail, for ages 8 and up, by reservation only.
The Voie des Vignes runs 22 km from Beaune to Santenay on small roads and vineyard paths, through Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. The tourist office presents it as suitable for the whole family. The Agence de Tourisme de Santenay at Santenay station rents 3 children's bikes, with free helmets and baby seats.
Dijon
The permanent collections of the Dijon city museums, including the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Musée archéologique and the Musée de la Vie bourguignonne, have been free since 2004.
The Parcours de la Chouette, or Owl Trail, is a self-guided walk of about one hour in 22 steps, marked by bronze arrows in the pavement. It starts at Place Darcy, and the booklet is at the tourist office on rue des Forges. Visitors touch the owl carved on Notre-Dame church with the left hand for luck, and the tourist office shop sells Chouette Enquête booklets for older children.
What it costs
Adult tastings at the three family-friendly estates cost €11–20 ($12–22). Prices by estate:
- Domaine Besancenot: €20 ($22) per adult for the TRIBU tasting.
- Veuve Ambal: €11 ($12) for adults and €6 ($6) for ages 12 to 18, who taste non-alcoholic products. Under-12s go free.
- Clos de la Belle Châtelaine: €15 ($16) per person.
- Château du Clos de Vougeot: self-guided visit €12 ($13) for adults and €5 ($5) for ages 8 to 16. The guided tour costs €15 ($16) for adults and €8 ($9) for ages 8 to 16.
Tickets for the family sights:
- Cité des Climats, Beaune: €14.50 ($16) for adults, €7.50 ($8) for ages 6 to 17, and free under 6. The family pass for 2 adults and 2 young people costs €35 ($38), plus €6 ($6) for each extra young person. A guided tour adds €5 ($5), or €2 ($2) for children.
- Cités des Climats, Chablis and Mâcon: €9 ($10) and €9.50 ($10) for adults, €4.50 ($5) and €4.70 ($5) for ages 6 to 17, and free under 6. The 3 cités pass costs €25 ($27) for adults and €13 ($14) for ages 6 to 17.
- Hôtel-Dieu: €12.50 ($14) for ages 18 and over, €6.25 ($7) for ages 6 to 17, and free under 6. A Family x4 annual pass costs €95 ($103).
- Moutarderie Fallot: €12 ($13) for adults, €9 ($10) for ages 10 to 18, and free under 10, on either tour.
- Le Cassissium: €12 ($13) for the standard visit.
- Château de Savigny: €14 ($15) full price, €8.50 ($9) for ages 8 to 17, and free up to age 7.
Before you go
- Veuve Ambal's production lines do not run at weekends or on public holidays.
- Domaine Besancenot's family tasting runs Monday to Friday only, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- From November 2 to March 31 the Cassissium opens Tuesday to Saturday only, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon closes every Tuesday.
For the region's wine areas and towns, see Burgundy.
Frequently asked questions
Can children join wine tastings in Burgundy?
Yes, at some estates. Domaine Besancenot in Beaune gives children aged 5 and over 5 syrups to taste during its TRIBU family visit. At Veuve Ambal in Montagny-lès-Beaune, ages 12 to 18 taste non-alcoholic products, and under-12s go free.
Is the Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune good for kids?
The Hôtel-Dieu has an audioguide in 4 languages for children, and the self-guided visit takes about 1 hour. Tickets cost €6.25 ($7) for ages 6 to 17, and under-6s go free. You can move around with a stroller.
What can kids do in Burgundy besides wine?
La Moutarderie Fallot in Beaune lets visitors make and taste mustard, and the Château de Savigny shows planes, motorcycles and fire engines. Parc de la Bouzaize has boat rides, a carousel and a teaching farm, and Dijon has the Owl Trail.
Which Burgundy sights are free for children?
Under-6s go free at the Hôtel-Dieu and the three Cités des Climats, and under-10s at La Moutarderie Fallot. The Maison des Climats in Beaune, the Halle Chambertin in Gevrey-Chambertin and the permanent collections of the Dijon museums are free for everyone.
