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A 15th-century moated château. 18 holes wrapping the moat. The wine villages of Burgundy 45 minutes away. From £375pp.
Estate aerial — the château, pond, striped fairways and bunker complex
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The Gold — same course, same setting, with the Prestige room inside the château grounds, restaurant guidance around current opening days and an extra night for Beaune or Dijon.
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.
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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 château views, two rounds on the course and time for Beaune, Dijon or a local dinner nearby. The package most clients remember and rebook.
The package most clients choose
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.
A moated château with a 16th-century Renaissance wing, the Sprecher & Watine course (1990) wrapping the estate, 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.
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.
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 is arranged around current restaurant opening days: Bistrot Le Rubillon is the relaxed on-site option when open, but it is not normally open Monday to Wednesday, so there are good local restaurants within about 10 minutes' drive when the château's dining schedule is limited. The estate also has two bars, outdoor pool, the Vinésime & Charme d'Orient Spa under the original vaulted stone, fitness, bike rental and EV charging.
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.
Three nights gives you time on the estate without rushing it: arrive late afternoon, two rounds on the course, then a free 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.
Getting There
Most UK clients drive via LeShuttle — about 6 hours from Calais on quiet motorways, with one fuel stop at Reims or Troyes.
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."
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.
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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 château, the moat, the Renaissance wing — and the course wrapping it. There are not many places in Europe where the clubhouse is a moated château.
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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.
Dining at the château depends on the current opening pattern, so we confirm it before we quote. Bistrot Le Rubillon is not normally open Monday to Wednesday; when it is closed, there are local restaurants within about 10 minutes, and 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.
The on-site restaurant opening pattern can change, so we confirm the current days before we quote and avoid promising a closed dining room.
The relaxed on-site option when open, but not normally open Monday to Wednesday. If your stay crosses closed days, we recommend nearby restaurants rather than pretending every evening is available on the estate.
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.
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.
Vosne-Romanée, Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges — every name on a wine list. Cellar visits arranged through Beaune-based contacts. Bring a cool bag.
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.
Want help mixing the golf with a Beaune cellar tour, a Dijon dinner and dates that fit your party? Our specialists know Burgundy's wine routes and golf estates inside out. Or pair Burgundy with Normandy for a classic two-stop self-drive — or go all the way to Terre Blanche for the full French Grand Tour.
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Honest answers on the drive, the château, the course and the wider Burgundy trip — checked against primary sources in May 2026.
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.
Château de Chailly's origins go back to the 12th century as a manor house. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dining arrangements are confirmed at quote stage because the château's restaurant opening days can change. Bistrot Le Rubillon is the relaxed on-site option when open, but it is not normally open Monday to Wednesday, and nearby restaurants around Pouilly-en-Auxois are a short drive away if your stay crosses closed days.
Your UK photocard driving licence is enough — France does not require an IDP for standard UK photocard licences. (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.
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.