Estate aerial — the château, pond, striped fairways and bunker complex
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Estate aerial — the château, pond, striped fairways and bunker complex
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Simon Crawley
Manager · Golf Planet Holidays
UK office · Fluent in French · Plays off 1730+ years in travel · Golf Holidays since 19999am–6pm UK
Hi — I'm Simon, and I've organised French golf trips for over 25 years. Burgundy is one of my favourite weeks — the château living, the course on your doorstep, Beaune and the wine route 45 minutes away. I'll work with our team to fit your dates around availability, organise all your travel arrangements, and secure the rooms and tee times. Once we have confirmation back from the resort we'll come back to you with the best options.
Chailly is the trip I send clients to when they want France with the wine country built in. They book it once and they always come back asking about the harvest dates.
The Gold — same course, same setting, with the Prestige room inside the château grounds, welcome dinner at L'Armançon and an extra night for Beaune or Dijon.
Best for first-timersShort Wine-Country Escape
The Silver Burgundy Break
2 nights2 rounds
Recommended months: May, June & October 2026
A short wine-country escape that puts you on the moated estate, plays both rounds on the Sprecher & Watine course, and leaves time for an evening in Beaune. The trip that opens the door to Burgundy.
2 nights B&B in a Classic room
2 rounds at Château de Chailly
Shared buggy & practice balls
£375pp
Upgrade to Gold for full restaurant + vineyard concierge
Most clients choose thisBest Value · Wine + Golf
The Gold Château Stay
3 nights2 rounds
Recommended months: May, June & October 2026
Three nights in a Prestige room inside the château grounds — restaurants reserved, cellar visits arranged, the Beaune day-trip planned. We do all of this because we are a full service company. You'll speak to senior members of the team every time you call, and we do all of this because we care.
The full Burgundy experience — Prestige room with the château views, a welcome dinner at the gourmet restaurant, two rounds on the course and a free third evening for Beaune or Dijon. The package most clients remember and rebook.
3 nights B&B in a Prestige room
2 rounds at Golf de Château de Chailly
Welcome dinner at La Table des Producteurs
LeShuttle 5-day ticket included
Shared buggy & practice balls
On-site spa, pool, fitness access
We'll recommend and reserve Burgundian restaurants and cellar visits
We'll arrange overnight stops on the way out and home
Concierge guide: Beaune Hospices, Côte de Nuits villages, Cluny Abbey
£625pp
The package most clients choose
Fully tailored — milestone French golf tripsAspire to Platinum · 4 nights
The Platinum Burgundy Experience
4 nights2 rounds
Recommended months: May, June & October 2026
A four-night Château Suite stay at Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly — a milestone French golf trip in the heart of Burgundy. Welcome dinner with a bottle of champagne, two rounds with buggies on the Sprecher & Watine course, and FlexiPlus LeShuttle so the drive across France is the start of the holiday, not the end.
4 nights B&B in a Château Suite
2 rounds with buggies at Golf de Château de Chailly
Welcome dinner + bottle of champagne
FlexiPlus LeShuttle ticket included
£1,575pp
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A Burgundy week our clients book a second time
A 15th-century fortress with a 16th-century Renaissance wing, the Sprecher & Watine course (1990) wrapping the moat, and the wine villages of Burgundy starting at the estate gate. Beaune's Hospices and the Hôtel-Dieu are 45 minutes south. Dijon and the Côte de Nuits grand-cru route are 50 minutes east. The week we send couples on when they want the wine country as much as the golf — a serious golf trip and a serious Burgundy trip on the one estate.
The Golf
Golf de Château de Chailly is a Sprecher & Watine layout from 1990 — a parkland course that walks across 75 hectares of the estate, with the Rubillon stream crossing 10 of the 18 holes and the château framing several approaches. Par 72 from a back-tee yardage of 6,160 m (course rating 73.2), with generous fairways, well-bunkered greens and the kind of large, true putting surfaces that reward an honest stroke. Easy walking. Some holes ask you to carry low dry-stone walls; the par-3 11th plays towards the château and is the photograph on most clients' phones.
The Stay
4-star, 45 rooms across the château and adjoining buildings, plus 8 self-catering apartments at the edge of the estate. A handful of rooms sit inside the château itself; the Prestige rooms (included with the Gold package) come with courtyard or garden views. Dining centres on La Table des Producteurs in the vaulted stone room, with Bistrot Le Rubillon for breakfast and relaxed service, plus two bars, outdoor pool, the Vinésime & Charme d'Orient Spa under the original vaulted stone, fitness, bike rental, EV charging.
Why It Works for Self-Drive Golfers
Drive south from Calais on Friday morning, lunch on the autoroute, château by the early evening — about 6 hours of driving with one fuel stop. You wake up Saturday on the estate with the course at your feet and Beaune 45 minutes south, the Côte de Nuits grand-cru villages 45 minutes east, the Auxois villages on the doorstep. It's the trip clients come back from talking about the wine cellars as much as the golf — which is exactly what a Burgundy week should do.
Why the 3-night Gold is the sweet spot
Three nights gives you Friday-Saturday-Sunday on the estate: arrive late afternoon, welcome dinner at La Table des Producteurs, two rounds across Saturday and Sunday morning, then a free Saturday or Sunday afternoon for Beaune's Hospices and a wine cellar tasting. The Silver works as a fast in-out break; the Gold is the trip you actually want to take to Burgundy.
Golf de Château de Chailly — 18 holes, Par 72, 6,160 m back tees, course rating 73.2. Sprecher & Watine design (1990)
A 15th-century fortress with a 16th-century Renaissance wing — classified Monument Historique
45 rooms & suites across the château and grounds + 8 apartments. 4-star.
Two restaurants — L'Armançon (gourmet) + Bistrot Le Rubillon (relaxed) — and two bars on-site
Vinésime & Charme d'Orient Spa under the original vaulted stone · outdoor pool · fitness · bike rental · EV charging
Beaune (Hospices, Hôtel-Dieu, wine auction) ~45 km · Dijon ~50 km · Côte de Nuits & Côte de Beaune wine routes on your doorstep
Pouilly-en-Auxois, Côte d'Or — 6 hrs from Calais via LeShuttle · 2.5 hrs from Paris · 40 min from Dijon Airport
Chailly-sur-Armançon, Côte d'Or, Burgundy Folkestone → Coquelles: 35 mins (LeShuttle) LeShuttle Calais terminal → Chailly: ~6 hrs / ~540 km via A26 → A5 → A6 Dijon Airport → Chailly: 40 min · Lyon Airport → Chailly: ~2 hrs · Paris → Chailly: ~2.5 hrs
LeShuttle Calais terminal → Château de Chailly: ~6 hrs / ~540 km direct
Dijon (DIJ) Airport: 40 min from the château
Getting There
Two simple ways to reach Château de Chailly
Most UK clients drive via LeShuttle — about 6 hours from Calais on quiet motorways, with one fuel stop at Reims or Troyes. International travellers fly into Dijon or Lyon.
Most clients choose this
Option A: Direct Drive (Recommended)
Leave Folkestone at 7am, château by early evening — the easiest 6-hour run in France.
LeShuttle Folkestone → Coquelles — 35 min crossing
A straightforward channel crossing — drive on, drive off, no luggage handling.
Calais → Reims → Troyes — ~3 hrs via A26
The A26 is one of France's quietest motorways. Coffee at Reims, fuel at Troyes if you want to stretch the day.
Troyes → Chailly — ~3 hrs via A5/A31/A6
South through Champagne, into the Côte d'Or — the scenery shifts to vineyards as you approach Chailly.
Arrival at Chailly-sur-Armançon
You turn off the autoroute, the lanes narrow, the moated château appears across the fairways.
"Calais to Burgundy via the A26/A5 is one of the quietest motorway drives in France."
Total drive time: ~6 hours from Calais. Included in all packages: LeShuttle 5-day ticket.
Option B: Beaune Stop
Add a night in Beaune on the way down — wine cellars, the Hospices, dinner before the château.
LeShuttle Folkestone → Coquelles — 35 min crossing
Same crossing as Option A.
Calais → Beaune — ~6.5 hrs via A26 / A5 / A31
The Burgundian wine capital. Park at the Hospices, dinner on the cobbled streets, sleep in the old town.
Beaune morning + 45 min north to Chailly
Cellar tour at one of the named domaines, then 45 minutes north on the A6 to the château.
Same LeShuttle ticket included: plus a Beaune overnight we can arrange — adds half a day but turns the drive into part of the holiday.
Prefer to fly? Dijon Airport is 40 min from the château; Lyon-Saint-Exupéry is ~2 hrs; Paris is 2.5 hrs by road or train then drive.
The fortress, the moat, the Renaissance wing — and the course wrapping it. There are not many places in Europe where the clubhouse is a 15th-century château.
— Golf Planet Holidays
Beyond the Golf
Château de Chailly puts you in the heart of Burgundy.
Beaune and the Hospices 45 minutes south. Dijon and the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie 50 minutes east. The Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune wine routes — the heart of grand-cru Burgundy — within an hour. Château de Chailly isn't just a golf hotel; it's a base for one of the world's most cinematic wine regions.
45 kmto Beaune (Hospices, wine cellars)
50 kmto Dijon (ducal palace, gastronomy)
40 minto Dijon Airport
<1 hrto the Côte de Nuits grand-cru villages
Where Burgundy eats and drinks
On-resort dining is genuinely good — L'Armançon for the gourmet evening, Bistrot Le Rubillon for the relaxed one. But the wine villages of Burgundy are the reason the trip rebooks: Beaune, Pommard, Meursault, Vosne-Romanée — every name on a wine list, all within an hour.
On resort
La Table des Producteurs
The château restaurant in the vaulted stone dining room — seasonal Burgundy produce, terrace views over the golf course and pool, and the kind of dinner that defines the trip. Included as the welcome dinner with the Gold package.
On resort
Bistrot Le Rubillon
The breakfast venue and relaxed alternative — the useful option when you want the château setting without turning the evening into an occasion. Opening patterns can change, so we confirm dining when we book.
45 km · 40 min
Beaune old town
The Burgundian wine capital. Cellar tours at named domaines (Bouchard, Joseph Drouhin, Patriarche), dinner at Ma Cuisine or Le Bénaton, the Marché aux Vins under the ramparts. Easy half-day or evening.
50 km · 45 min
Dijon
Ducal palace, the Owl Trail, the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin. Lunch at Le Pré aux Clercs or one of the bistros around Place de la Libération.
40-60 min
Côte de Nuits villages
Vosne-Romanée, Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges — every name on a wine list. Cellar visits arranged through Beaune-based contacts. Bring a cool bag.
15 min
Pouilly-en-Auxois harbour
A short drive — the Burgundy Canal harbour and the Auxois rolling countryside. The local restaurants here are the unfussy spot for a long lunch between rounds.
Half-days from Chailly
A non-golf afternoon at Château de Chailly has real range — wine country, medieval towns, Roman ruins, Cluniac abbeys.
45 km
Hospices de Beaune
The Hôtel-Dieu — Burgundy's 15th-century almshouse with the Roger van der Weyden Last Judgement and the polychrome roof. Combine with a cellar tour at Patriarche or Bouchard.
50 km
Dijon old town
Ducal palace, Notre-Dame de Dijon, the Owl Trail. Half-day with lunch at one of the Place de la Libération bistros.
90 min
Cluny Abbey
The remains of the medieval mother-house of Western monasticism. Striking even in ruin. A drive south through Mâconnais wine country.
90 min
Roche de Solutré
The dramatic limestone escarpment over the Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards. Walk the ridge, lunch in Solutré, taste at the village domaines.
60 min
Château du Clos de Vougeot
The 12th-century Cistercian monks' winery — symbolic heart of the Côte de Nuits. The Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin is based here.
30 min
Semur-en-Auxois
Medieval cliff-top town with four pink-granite towers, half-timbered houses, the Pont Joly and ramparts. The kind of half-day that makes the trip feel complete.
The Burgundy circuit, if you want it
Chailly on its own is plenty for a 3-night break. If you want to extend with a second course, three well-regarded layouts sit within an hour.
~45 km
Golf de Beaune-Levernois
An 18-hole par-72 layout (1989) with a 9-hole pitch & putt, on the edge of Beaune. The natural pairing if you're combining the golf with a wine-cellar afternoon.
~50 km
Country Club de Norges (Golf Dijon Bourgogne)
An 18-hole par-72 just north of Dijon (Mickaël Fenn, 1971). Proper Burgundy parkland and the standard "second course" for a Chailly week.
~50 km
Golf Blue Green Quetigny Grand Dijon
An 18-hole par-71 in Quetigny on the Dijon outskirts. Well-presented modern layout — works as a Friday-arrival round if you fly into Dijon.
The journey is part of the holiday.
Calais to Burgundy is genuinely one of the most relaxed motorway drives in France. A26 north, A5/A31 south, finishing on the A6 — six hours, two coffee stops, vineyards before you arrive.
1Folkestone · 35 min
LeShuttle from Folkestone
Drive on, 35 minutes under the Channel, drive off. No airport check-in, no baggage allowance, no club hire. Bundled into the Gold package as the 5-day ticket.
2A26 / A5 · ~6 hrs
Calais → Reims → Troyes → Chailly
The A26 is one of France's quieter motorways — well-paved, well-signposted, wide. Coffee stop at Reims, fuel at Troyes, vineyards from Chablis onwards.
3Chailly-sur-Armançon · arrival
Arrival at the château
You turn off the autoroute, the lanes narrow, the moated 15th-century château appears framed by the fairways. Reception, key, time for a drink at the bar before dinner.
Dijon Airport · 40 min
Fly-drive option
Dijon Airport is 40 min from the château; Lyon-Saint-Exupéry ~2 hrs; Paris 2.5 hrs by road or train + drive. Practical if part of your party can't make the drive.
Want help mixing the golf with a Beaune cellar tour, a Dijon dinner and dates that fit your party? Our specialists know Burgundy cold.
The questions our self-drive guests ask before booking Chailly
Honest answers on the drive, the château, the course and the wider Burgundy trip — checked against primary sources in May 2026.
Calais to Chailly — how long does the drive really take, and where do most couples stop?
It's around 720 km via the A26 / A5 / A6, which our route planner calls a six-hour drive door to door. With a proper lunch and a leg-stretch, expect closer to seven and a half hours behind the wheel.
Most of our couples either drive it in a single day (leaving Folkestone on a mid-morning LeShuttle) or break the journey overnight near Reims or Troyes. We're happy to book the overnight stop as part of the trip — just say the word.
What is the château actually like — is it really a 15th-century moated castle?
Château de Chailly's origins go back to the 12th century as a fortified manor. In the early 15th century the seigneur added the four corner towers and the drawbridge over the moat — that's the look most guests recognise. The Renaissance wing was added in the 16th century, and the whole estate was listed as a Monument Historique on 18 June 1930.
It was restored as a four-star hotel in the late 1980s. Today it has 45 rooms and 8 apartments set in 75 hectares of grounds, with the golf course wrapped around the moat.
Who designed the golf course, and is it walkable for a 60-something with a decent swing?
The 18-hole, par-72 course was designed by Thierry Sprecher and Géry Watine and opened in 1990. It plays around the château and its moat, so the views are unusual rather than penal — the course is rated as walkable, with golf carts available to hire for any holes that feel like work.
There is a driving range, a putting green and a resident PGA pro on site. The course closes for much of December and January.
What's there for a non-golfing partner within easy reach?
Beaune — the wine capital of Burgundy and home to the Hospices de Beaune — is around 44 km / 40–45 minutes south. Wine tastings, the Saturday market, and the Côte de Beaune villages (Pommard, Volnay, Meursault) are all an easy day out.
Closer to the hotel, Pouilly-en-Auxois (about 3 km) is the nearest village. Dijon is around 50 minutes away if you fancy a day on the mustard trail.
Back at the château there's an outdoor heated pool, hammam, sauna, jacuzzi and a fitness studio — non-golfers rarely run out of things to do.
Do we need a Crit'Air vignette for this route?
Crit'Air stickers are only legally required when you drive into a designated Low Emission Zone (ZFE). For Chailly, the A26 / A5 / A6 route bypasses Paris entirely; the only consideration is if you stop overnight in Dijon, which has been developing its own ZFE.
We recommend ordering the sticker anyway — it's around €3.70 from the official site at certificat-air.gouv.fr/en/, takes a couple of weeks to arrive by post, and removes any anxiety if you make an unplanned city stop.
We'd like to bring our dog. Is the hotel really pet-friendly?
Yes — Château de Chailly's official policy is that dogs are welcome everywhere on the estate, on a lead at all times. There is no additional pet charge listed on the hotel's own pages. We always confirm with the hotel at the time of booking so there are no surprises at check-in.
What time can we check in, and is breakfast included?
Check-in is from 3:00 pm and runs through to midnight; check-out is by 11:00 am. The hotel's buffet breakfast is served at Bistrot Le Rubillon at €25 per person — your package quote will tell you whether breakfast is already included.
The main restaurant is La Table des Producteurs, in the original vaulted dining room overlooking the course. The menu changes with the seasons and leans heavily on Burgundy producers.
What documents and equipment do we actually need to drive in France?
Your UK photocard driving licence is enough — France does not require an International Driving Permit. (Older paper-only licences are an exception; if that's you, upgrade to a photocard before you travel.)
Your number plate must show the Union Flag and 'UK' identifier — if it doesn't, you need a white oval 'UK' sticker. Old 'GB' stickers are no longer valid and must be removed.
You also need to carry: a warning triangle, hi-vis vest (kept inside the cabin, not the boot) and headlamp beam deflectors for a right-hand-drive car. Apply for the free GHIC card at nhsbsa.nhs.uk and travel with it alongside your travel insurance.
Are EV charging, baby cots and extra beds available?
EV charging on site is available from €25 per session. Baby cots are €15 per night and additional beds €35 per night, both bookable through the hotel. Wi-Fi throughout the property is complimentary.
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