In honor of Michelin Guide’s first-ever wine selection, which debuts in Burgundy, we list some of our favorite hotels in the region known for its legendary terroir and Pinot Noir.
Michelin Guide just launched their first selection for wine, kicking things off by identifying exceptional producers in Burgundy. To accompany this brand new benchmark for the art of winemaking, we thought we’d chip in some of our favorite hotels in the region, commonly known by its French name, Bourgogne.
According to Michelin, Burgundy is deeply rooted in heritage. “The region embodies an intimate approach to winemaking, and its family-run, human-scale estates reflect a tradition of rigor and craftsmanship passed down through generations.” That’s remarkably similar to how we feel about Burgundy’s best hotels, which provide an experience that’s equal parts history and hospitality. We’ve selected fourteen standout examples below, but there are many more.
Check out our full selection of hotels in Burgundy.
Le Domaine des Prés Verts
Jouey, France
Le Domaine des Prés Verts & Spa started out with a single room, a treehouse-style suite overlooking the hills of Burgundy. In a little over a decade, this unusual luxury hotel has expanded to include an eclectic collection of lodgings across four locations in wine country. The owner is a youthful hotelier who studied at the Ecole Hôtelière de Paris before purchasing a large plot of land in Pochey to develop his passion project.
Les Sources de Vougeot
Gilly-lès-Cîteaux, France
Les Sources de Vougeot certainly doesn’t lack for atmosphere — in a former life it was a priory, and is set within the walls of the Château de Gilly, which is close to the famous Clos de Vougeot vineyard. A thorough renovation turned the existing property into a state-of-the-art 49-room luxury hotel whose accommodations combine heritage architecture, contemporary-classic interior design, and high-end modern comforts into one compelling package.
COMO Le Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet, France
The village of Puligny-Montrachet is most famous for its association with the Montrachet vineyard, one of Burgundy’s most prestigious Grand Crus. And while there’s no such thing as an appellation d’origine contrôlée for hotels, it’s no great stretch to say the COMO name carries a similar cachet. COMO Le Montrachet occupies four stately 19th-century buildings at the heart of the village, enough space for 28 rooms and suites plus all the requisite ultra-luxe comforts.
Hôtel de la Poste
Avallon, France
Avallon’s Hôtel de la Poste dates back to 1707, starting life as a coaching inn, and hosting such notable luminaries as artist Salvador Dali, singer Edith Piaf, and world conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte. The acclaimed restaurant, Le 1815, finds itself listed in the Michelin Guide and sports an appropriately impressive wine list, and the rooms, 30 of them to be precise, find themselves heavy on historical charm and include artisan-crafted furniture and decoration.
Château de Vault de Lugny
Vault-de-Lugny, France
At the northern edge of the Morvan nature reserve, is a castle, set on a hundred acres of parkland, whose earliest roots can be traced to the year 1120. This is the Château de Vault de Lugny, a fairy-tale 17th-century aristocratic residence that’s sacrificed none of its opulence on its way to becoming one of the region’s finest small luxury hotels. Small as in a mere 13 rooms and three suites — still quite residential in scale, though it’s a lavish residence indeed.
Hostellerie de Levernois
Levernois, France
A beautifully restored 18th-century villa, a leafy park with hundred-year-old magnolia trees, a one-MICHELIN-Star restaurant for leisurely open-air dining, a cozy fireplace bar: Hostellerie de Levernois, located just outside the village of Beaune, is right out of a French wine-country fantasy. Recent additions to the luxury boutique hotel, including a stone-walled swimming pool and a Sisley spa, add to the charm.
Château Sainte Sabine
Sainte-Sabine, France
This 16th-century landmark is set on a wooded English-style park on the banks of the Canal de Bourgogne, just outside the village of Sainte-Sabine. The building itself was carefully restored, and while many of its original assets have been preserved — grand marble staircases, delicate stained glass windows, period woodwork — Château Sainte-Sabine’s elegant interiors feel fresh and stylish.
Chateau de la Resle
Montigny-la-Resle, France
Even if Château de la Resle were simply another elegant French hotel in the Burgundy wine country, the world would be a richer place — there’s no such thing as too many. But Château de la Resle is something far more special. On the outside it’s as classic as can be, but inside it’s a genuine contemporary art and design showcase, curated by a pair of collectors with a burgeoning high-end home furnishings business.
Le Clos Sainte-Marguerite
Beaune, France
A few minutes’ walk from the picturesque historic heart of Beaune, the capital of the Burgundy wine country, lies the low-key, practically hidden Le Clos Sainte-Marguerite, a 14th-century house that’s now in business as a small but impressive boutique bed and breakfast. Historical atmosphere comes courtesy of period furniture, exposed beams, Murano glass and roll-top bathtubs.
Le Relais Bernard Loiseau
Saulieu, France
Just because it’s known as a MICHELIN Star restaurant first doesn’t mean there’s anything second-class about the hospitality at Relais Bernard Loiseau. Take the spa, for example — it’s not every country inn that features a Roman-style spa, complete with sauna, mud bath and fitness center. And there are not one or two but 34 rooms, each one individually designed and decorated, and many come with balconies or terraces with views over the central garden.
Domaine de Rymska
Saint-Jean-de-Trézy, France
Not far from Beaune, on the famous Burgundy wine route, is an 80-hectare farming estate that’s home not only to livestock, gardens, and orchards but also to a very fine 13-room luxury hotel. The Domaine de Rymska has been beautifully restored, and while the rooms and suites honor the building’s historical roots, they’re a contemporary creation rather than an antique restoration.
La Côte Saint-Jacques
Joigny, France
What began as a small boarding house, founded by Marie Lorain in 1945, has grown and evolved over the years into something quite extraordinary: today La Côte Saint-Jacques is a highly regarded restaurant and an exquisitely refined small hotel, overseen all along the way by subsequent generations of the Lorain family. The experience is a luxurious one, to be sure, but it’s one with plenty of personal touches and residential character.
Chateau De Germigney
Port-Lesney, France
Here in the Jura countryside designers Roland and Véréna Schön have transformed an 18th-century hunting lodge into the perfectly idyllic Château de Germigney, a 28-room luxury hotel set on a generous parcel of wooded land, complete with a Caudalie vinotherapy spa and an impressive restaurant. In the end it’s a complete package, and the lodgings are no afterthought — all bear traces of the house’s history but are squarely in the contemporary-luxe style.
Maison 1896
Beaune, France
The medieval town of Beaune is a bastion of wine-country tradition. Not the first place you’d expect to find a contemporary boutique hotel, let alone one with colorful interiors by a California-based designer and a Vietnamese restaurant conceived by the late James Beard Award–winning chef Charles Phan. In a glamorous and historic Beaux-Arts-style corner building, Maison 1896 is easily the most luxurious hotel to open in the area for years.
Mark Fedeli is the hotel marketing and editorial director for Tablet and Michelin Guide. He’s been with Tablet since 2006, and he thinks you should subscribe to our newsletter.