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Champagne and Burgundy golf holidays

At Château de Chailly the fairways run up to a moated Burgundy château with your room inside its walls, and an hour north at Reims-Champagne every hole carries the name of a different Champagne house. Pack the clubs in the boot, the crossing is on us.

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Champagne and Burgundy is golf wrapped in two of France's most storied wine regions — chalk hills and grand maisons in the north, the slow rivers and grand cru slopes of the Côte d'Or in the south. It is a touring destination above all: a handful of well-spaced clubs threaded between Reims, Épernay, Dijon and Beaune, each within easy reach of a cellar, a market town or a château hotel.

The golf here rewards a measured game. Parkland fairways run through farmland and forest, courses such as Reims-Champagne and Beaune Levernois sit close to the towns that give them their names, and the pace is unhurried throughout. It suits couples and small groups who want their rounds bookended by long lunches and proper evenings.

We have arranged France golf since 1981. Every itinerary is hand-built and hand-priced around your dates, your group and the courses you want to play.

Why play golf in Champagne and Burgundy

  • Two wine regions, one trip — chalk-country golf around Reims and Épernay, then the grand cru slopes of Burgundy around Dijon and Beaune.
  • Parkland variety — mature, walkable courses set in farmland and forest, from Champagne Golf Club to Norges Dijon Bourgogne.
  • Genuine touring scale — clubs spread from Laon and Reims in the north to Mâcon and Bourg-en-Bresse in the south, ideal for a drive-and-play route.
  • Golf as the day's spine, not its whole — rounds that leave room for cellars, markets and long Burgundian lunches.
  • Château and small-hotel stays — base yourself at Château de Chailly or Domaine de Roncemay and play out from there.
  • Hand-picked, not packaged — we know these clubs and choose the pairings that actually work on the ground.

The courses you’ll play

Burgundy's standout is Golf de Château de Chailly at Pouilly-en-Auxois, laid out around a Renaissance château with the building itself framing several holes. Closer to Dijon, Norges Dijon Bourgogne Golf Club and Quetigny Grand Dijon Golf Club give you accessible, well-kept parkland near the city, while Beaune Levernois Golf Club sits on the doorstep of the wine capital itself. South of the Côte, Chalon-sur-Saône Golf Club at Châtenoy-en-Bresse and Chateau d'Avoise Golf Club at Montchanin round out the region.

In the north, Reims-Champagne Golf Club at Gueux, Champagne Golf Club at Villers-Agron-Aiguizy and L'Ailette Golf Club near Laon make a natural cluster among the vineyards. We pair courses to your route so the driving stays short and the golf stays the point.

Where you’ll stay

Two hotels anchor most Burgundy itineraries. Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly at Pouilly-en-Auxois puts you inside a moated château with its own course on the grounds — the easiest place to wake up, play and stay put. Domaine de Roncemay Hotel at Aillant-sur-Tholon offers the same play-from-the-door appeal a little further west, with its golf club alongside.

In Champagne, base yourself near Épernay: the Hostellerie la Briqueterie is the refined choice among the vineyards, while the Hotel Ibis Épernay Centre Ville is a straightforward, central option for shorter stays or larger groups. We match the base to your route, your budget and the courses you most want to play.

Best time to play golf in Champagne and Burgundy

Champagne and Burgundy are an inland, continental proposition, so this is a summer game — roughly May to September. Late spring and early autumn are the sweet spots: long daylight, settled fairways and the vineyards at their most photogenic, with the Burgundy harvest livening up the Côte d'Or from late September.

High summer brings the warmest, driest golf and the busiest wine calendar, so book ahead if you want the better tee times and hotel rooms. Winters here are cool and often wet — courses can be soft, daylight is short and some clubs run reduced hours — so we steer trips firmly into the warmer half of the year and build your dates around it.

A sense of Champagne and Burgundy

History & heritage

Few corners of France carry this much history per mile. Reims is crowned by its Gothic cathedral, the coronation church of French kings, while the great Champagne houses line the chalk tunnels beneath Épernay's Avenue de Champagne. Laon's hilltop old town and cathedral command the plains to the north.

South in Burgundy, Dijon's medieval and Renaissance centre recalls the powerful Dukes of Burgundy, and Beaune's Hôtel-Dieu — the famous polychrome-roofed Hospices — anchors the wine capital. Châteaux dot the Auxois countryside around Pouilly-en-Auxois. It is a landscape where a morning's golf and an afternoon's history sit comfortably in the same day.

Food & wine

This is one of the world's great eating and drinking regions, and it shapes every itinerary. Champagne speaks for itself — the houses and growers around Reims and Épernay pour the originals — while Burgundy's Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune produce some of the most coveted Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on earth, with Beaune at the heart of it.

The table matches the cellar: Burgundian classics like boeuf bourguignon, coq au vin, jambon persillé and Époisses cheese, plus Bresse poultry from the south around Bourg-en-Bresse. We can line up cellar visits and tables near your hotel so the wine country and the golf course feel like one trip, not two.

Beyond the fairways

Non-golfers and rest days are well served. In Champagne, tour the chalk cellars beneath Épernay and Reims, visit Reims Cathedral, or climb to Laon's walled old town. The Burgundy canal and the Auxois hills around Château de Chailly invite gentle cycling and walking.

Further south, Dijon rewards a slow wander through its old quarter, Beaune's Hospices and ramparts make an easy afternoon, and the vineyard villages of the Côte d'Or string together a classic wine drive. Markets across the region — Dijon, Beaune, Mâcon — are an outing in themselves. We build half-days and full rest days into the schedule around the rounds you choose.

Getting around & exploring

A hire car is essential here — the clubs are spread across open countryside and the joy of the trip is the drive between vines, villages and tee times. Distances are moderate and the roads are quiet, with the A26 and A31 linking the north and the autoroute running south past Dijon and Beaune toward Mâcon.

From a Burgundy base such as Château de Chailly or Beaune you can reach most Côte d'Or courses inside an hour; the Champagne cluster around Reims, Gueux and Laon works best as its own leg. We plan your route so the driving is short between each round and your hotel sits sensibly among the courses you are playing.

Getting there

The region is reached overland from the main French gateways: Paris is the usual entry point, with Reims well under two hours by car or fast train, and Dijon and Beaune sitting on the TGV line south. Several travellers prefer to drive from the Channel, with Reims and Champagne a straightforward run down.

We arrange your golf, hotels, transfers and tee times as a complete ground package. Flights are a separate, ATOL-protected add-on that we are happy to book alongside your trip — they are never bundled in. Tell us your preferred airport and dates and we will build the routing around them.

Good to know

  • Ground-only by design — your itinerary covers golf, stays, transfers and tee times; flights are a separate ATOL-protected add-on, never included.
  • Hire a car — courses are spread across the countryside; a vehicle is the practical and the pleasurable choice.
  • Best months are May to September — peak spring and early autumn; winters are cool, often wet and quieter on the courses.
  • Book wine experiences early — cellar visits and the best tables fill fast in summer and around the Burgundy harvest.
  • We are NOT ABTA — Golf Planet Holidays holds ATOL (flights only), PTS and IATA accreditation.
  • Hand-built since 1981 — every trip is curated and priced around your group, your dates and the courses you want to play.

The courses you’ll play in Champagne and Burgundy

Beaune Levernois Golf Club, Beaune — Champagne and Burgundy golfBeaune Levernois Golf Club, BeaunePlayed on tailored stay & play breaksDiscover this course & breaks →Chalon-sur-Saone Golf Club, Chatenoy en Bresse — Champagne and Burgundy golfChalon-sur-Saone Golf Club, Chatenoy en BressePlayed on tailored stay & play breaksDiscover this course & breaks →Champagne Golf Club, Villers Agron Aiguizy — Champagne and Burgundy golfChampagne Golf Club, Villers Agron AiguizyPlayed on tailored stay & play breaksDiscover this course & breaks →Chateau d’Avoise Golf Club, Montchanin — Champagne and Burgundy golfChateau d’Avoise Golf Club, MontchaninDesigned by Martin HawtreePlayed on tailored stay & play breaksDiscover this course & breaks →Norges Dijon Bourgogne Golf Club, Dijon — Champagne and Burgundy golfNorges Dijon Bourgogne Golf Club, DijonPlayed on tailored stay & play breaksDiscover this course & breaks →De la Bresse Golf Club, Bourg-en-Bresse — Champagne and Burgundy golfDe la Bresse Golf Club, Bourg-en-BresseDesigned by Jeremy PernPlayed on tailored stay & play breaksDiscover this course & breaks →

Golf resorts — stay & play on-site

Domaine de Roncemay Hotel, Aillant-sur-Tholon — Champagne and Burgundy golfDomaine de Roncemay Hotel, Aillant-sur-TholonDomaine de Roncemay Golf Club, Aillant-sur-Tholon · Vaugouard Golf Club, Fontenay-sur-loingfrom£595 (≈ €685) (≈ $785) (≈ CA$1,105) (≈ AU$1,115) (≈ NZ$1,365) (≈ CHF 625)per personDiscover this course & breaks →Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly, Pouilly en Auxois — Champagne and Burgundy golfHôtel Golf Château de Chailly, Pouilly en AuxoisGolf de Château de Chailly, Pouilly en Auxois · Beaune Levernois Golf Club, Beaunefrom£695 (≈ €795) (≈ $915) (≈ CA$1,295) (≈ AU$1,305) (≈ NZ$1,585) (≈ CHF 735)per personDiscover this course & breaks →

Hotels — play the area’s courses

Best Western Hotel de la Paix, Reims — Champagne and Burgundy golfBest Western Hotel de la Paix, ReimsReims-Champagne Golf Club, Gueux · Champagne Golf Club, Villers Agron Aiguizyfrom£560 (≈ €645) (≈ $735) (≈ CA$1,045) (≈ AU$1,055) (≈ NZ$1,275) (≈ CHF 595)per personDiscover this course & breaks →Chateau de Gilly, Gilly-les-Citeaux — Champagne and Burgundy golfChateau de Gilly, Gilly-les-CiteauxQuetigny Grand Dijon Golf Club, Dijon · Beaune Levernois Golf Club, Beaunefrom£365 (≈ €415) (≈ $475) (≈ CA$675) (≈ AU$685) (≈ NZ$835) (≈ CHF 385)per personDiscover this course & breaks →Domaine de Roncemay Hotel, Aillant-sur-Tholon — Champagne and Burgundy golfDomaine de Roncemay Hotel, Aillant-sur-TholonDomaine de Roncemay Golf Club, Aillant-sur-Tholon · Vaugouard Golf Club, Fontenay-sur-loingfrom£595 (≈ €685) (≈ $785) (≈ CA$1,105) (≈ AU$1,115) (≈ NZ$1,365) (≈ CHF 625)per personDiscover this course & breaks →Grand Hotel des Templiers, Reims — Champagne and Burgundy golfGrand Hotel des Templiers, ReimsReims-Champagne Golf Club, Gueux · Champagne Golf Club, Villers Agron Aiguizyfrom£335 (≈ €385) (≈ $435) (≈ CA$625) (≈ AU$625) (≈ NZ$765) (≈ CHF 355)per personDiscover this course & breaks →Hotel de la Poste, Beaune — Champagne and Burgundy golfHotel de la Poste, BeauneBeaune Levernois Golf Club, Beaune · Chalon-sur-Saone Golf Club, Chatenoy en Bressefrom£380 (≈ €435) (≈ $495) (≈ CA$705) (≈ AU$715) (≈ NZ$865) (≈ CHF 395)per personDiscover this course & breaks →Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly, Pouilly en Auxois — Champagne and Burgundy golfHôtel Golf Château de Chailly, Pouilly en AuxoisGolf de Château de Chailly, Pouilly en Auxois · Beaune Levernois Golf Club, Beaunefrom£695 (≈ €795) (≈ $915) (≈ CA$1,295) (≈ AU$1,305) (≈ NZ$1,585) (≈ CHF 735)per personDiscover this course & breaks →

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Frequently asked questions

Golf holidays in Champagne and Burgundy — answers to the questions our golfers ask most.

How long is LeShuttle crossing time to France

The Eurotunnel LeShuttle from Folkestone to Calais takes about 35 minutes, which makes a self-drive trip genuinely easy for the Northern France golf resorts. Le Touquet, Hardelot and the courses around the Somme are roughly two to three hours on from Calais, so you can load the clubs, drive on and be on the first tee the same day, and on those breaks we can include the crossing in the price. For the south and southwest, such as Biarritz, the Riviera and Provence, most golfers fly into Nice, Marseille, Biarritz or Bordeaux and we arrange transfers on the ground.

How much does a golf holiday in France cost?

Golf holidays in France start from £235 (≈ €265) (≈ $305) (≈ CA$435) (≈ AU$435) (≈ NZ$535) (≈ CHF 245) pp with Golf Planet Holidays. That is a tailor-made ground package, and the final price depends on your hotel, the courses you play and the season.

When is the best time to play golf in France?

May, June, September and October are the best months, with comfortable temperatures and courses in peak condition. The south of France stays playable into late autumn.

Where should I play golf in France?

There are more than 700 golf courses in France. As first steps we would recommend Northern France. There are ten great courses here.  Chat with us about the various choices if you wish to venture further afield.

How many golf courses are there in France?

We feature 130 courses and 102 resorts across France including Saint Malo Golf Club and Sept Tours Golf Club. Your specialist matches the courses to your group's standard and budget.

Is it easy to get around in France?

Getting around France is straightforward. Self-driving is the most popular option — if you've come via Le Shuttle, you already have your car. Trains are excellent for city-to-city travel, particularly from Paris to Bordeaux (2 hours on the TGV). Within golf regions like the Algarve or Brittany, a hire car gives you the freedom to explore at your own pace. We include all airport or station transfers in our packages and can arrange inter-course transfers, so you're never left without options.

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