Beaujolais Tours

From Lyon: Golden Stones Beaujolais Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★ 4.7 (609 reviews · 4 hours)

Drive north from Place Bellecour through the golden-stone villages of the Pierres Dorées to two family wineries, the second at Montmelas in the Beaujolais-Villages appellation. The tastings are in the fare, and the first comes with a traditional Lyon mâchon of snacks and pastries rather than a lunch. About two of the four hours are spent at the wineries, in a people carrier that takes eight at most. You choose the start time when you book this golden stones beaujolais wine tour, and it ends back at the tourist office.

1. Meet at the Lyon tourist office, Place Bellecour
2. Drive north through the Pierres Dorées villages
3. Family winery: tasting with a Lyon mâchon
4. On to Montmelas, in the Beaujolais-Villages appellation
5. Second family winery: cellar visit and tasting
6. Back to Place Bellecour

From $112 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais Crus wine tour from Lyon Full day

★★★★★ 4.9 (65 reviews · 6 to 7 hours)

Meet at the Place Bellecour tourist office at 9 am for a shared full day among the Beaujolais crus of the north, with about three hours at a family estate around Fleurie. Lunch is at a village restaurant at your own cost, and the afternoon goes to a second estate in Romanèche-Thorins, the commune of Moulin-à-Vent. Tastings are poured in the fare, a guide drives the air-conditioned minivan, and the group stops at eight. The day runs six to seven hours from the kerb and back, a good first taste of the crus if the whole day is free.

1. Meet at the Lyon tourist office, Place Bellecour, 9 am
2. North to the crus: first estate around Fleurie
3. Cellar, vineyard and tasting at a family estate
4. Lunch at a village restaurant, at your own expense
5. Romanèche-Thorins: second family estate and tasting
6. Back to Place Bellecour

From $161 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Full Day Private Tour of Beaujolais by vintage Land Rover

★★★★★ 5.0 (89 reviews · 8 hours)

Take the train from Lyon to Belleville-sur-Saône, where a vintage Land Rover waits at 9 am for a private day through Fleurie, Saint-Amour-Bellevue, Chénas and Juliénas. Lunch is in the fare, at a restaurant or as a barbecue or picnic in the vines, with cold cuts and cheese beside the tastings. The afternoon takes in a painted 12th-century chapel at Régnié-Durette, the Cluniac abbey at Salles-Arbuissonnas and the Château de Nervers. Courtesy train tickets from Lyon come on request, and grape juice is poured for anyone in your party not drinking.

1. Meet at Belleville station, 9 am, or Lyon pickup
2. Fleurie, Saint-Amour-Bellevue and Chénas
3. Juliénas: a glass in a church-turned-cellar
4. Lunch in the vines at Domaine de la Madone
5. Régnié-Durette: a 12th-century painted chapel
6. Salles-Arbuissonnas: the Cluniac abbey
7. Château de Nervers, then back to the station

From $567 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais Day Guided Tour - Winery Tours and Tastings

★★★★★ 5.0 (31 reviews · 8 to 9 hours)

Cover both halves of the Beaujolais, the Pierres Dorées and the crus, in one shared day, starting at 9 am from the Saint-Exupéry statue beside Café Bellecour, not the statue in the middle of the square. The morning tasting is near Oingt, with half an hour in the village, and the afternoon estate is at Fleurie among the crus. Lunch near Mont Brouilly is booked for the group at a local restaurant and paid on the day, with menus from EUR 25. Around ten wines are poured with snacks, fees included, and your Mercedes carries eight at most for eight to nine hours.

From $184 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais Crus Wines & Castles (2:00 pm - 6:30 pm) - Small Group Tour from Lyon

★★★★★ 4.9 (38 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (2:00 pm to 6:30 pm))

Spend the afternoon in the Beaujolais crus: the minibus leaves Place Bellecour at 2 pm and passes Mont Brouilly on the way to a family winery in Cercié. After ten minutes at the La Madone viewpoint above Fleurie, the last tasting is in a château cellar in Chénas, among oak barrels. Nine to ten wines are poured in all, with guiding in English and French and eight seats in the air-conditioned minibus. You are dropped back on the square at 6:30 pm, so the morning stays free for the city.

From $126 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

From Lyon: Beaujolais Wine Route Half-Day Tour

★★★★★ 4.7 (134 reviews · 4 hours)

Twelve estate wines open the day at Château de Pizay, on a sensory tasting circuit that ends with an amateur-oenologist diploma. The road then runs past Fleurie, Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent to a family winery, where the winemaker pours five more. Arrive at the Place Bellecour tourist office 15 minutes before the start time you picked, and bring a reusable bottle, since water is not supplied. It is the half day for anyone curious about how wine is tasted as well as what is poured, with eight people at most in the people carrier.

From $112 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais wine tour from Lyon half day

★★★★★ 4.9 (124 reviews · 4 hours)

Start with a white and a red among the vines around Oingt, where the guide introduces the Beaujolais before the van moves on through the golden-stone villages. The second stop is a family estate at Le Bois-d'Oingt, where the producer pours reds, a white and perhaps a rosé. The start time is yours to pick when you book, and the air-conditioned vehicle never carries more than eight. Lunch is not in the fare, so the four hours from Place Bellecour leave the rest of the day free in Lyon.

From $126 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

From Lyon: Beaujolais Wine Tour with Tastings

★★★★★ 4.7 (227 reviews · 4 hours)

Head north from Place Bellecour to the Beaujolais crus for tastings at two family estates in two different cru appellations, in the country around Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent and Fleurie. The tastings are in the fare and a professional driver-guide handles the people carrier, so nobody in your party has to stay sober for the road. Groups stop at eight, and the start time is chosen when you book. It makes a good half day if the northern crus are what you came to taste, with lunch, bottled water and hotel pickup left out of the fare.

From $112 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Golden stones Beaujolais Wine Tour with Tastings from Lyon

★★★★★ 4.7 (181 reviews · 4 hours)

Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin comes first: an hour at a family winery in the Beaujolais-Villages appellation, after a drive over the hills from Lyon. The second hour is at a Pierres Dorées estate near Oingt, where the tasting comes with a mâchon of local food rather than a sit-down lunch. Meet ten minutes before your chosen start time at the tourist office pavilion in the middle of Place Bellecour. The minivan takes eight at most, and after four hours you are back in the square with the rest of the day free.

From $114 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais Half Day Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★ 4.6 (71 reviews · 4 hours)

Leave Place Bellecour at 9 am for an hour on Château de Pizay's sensory wine circuit, entry included, before the wine route runs through Morgon, Fleurie and Juliénas. The second hour belongs to a family winemaker, who pours and explains the estate's wines. Lunch, bottled water and hotel pickup are not in the fare, and the minivan carries eight at most. Book it when you want the crus done by about 1 pm, with the whole afternoon still yours in Lyon.

From $114 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Private half-day tour to Golden Stones Beaujolais with tastings

★★★★★ 4.8 (26 reviews · 4 hours)

Hotel pickup in central Lyon, or Place Bellecour if you stay further out, starts a private half day in the Pierres Dorées, morning or afternoon. An hour at a family winery in Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin is followed by an hour at an estate near Oingt, where a mâchon of local food comes with the tasting. The price covers the whole party of up to three, with larger groups on higher tiers, and lunch is not included. It suits a couple or a family who want the golden-stone villages at their own pace, with the guide and minivan to yourselves.

From $695 per group, up to 3

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Lyon: Private Half Day Beaujolais Wine Tour by Defender

★★★★★ 5.0 (5 reviews · 4 hours)

Ride a branded 4x4 through the northern Beaujolais for four private hours, after the train from Part-Dieu to Belleville, where your guide meets you. Two wineries pour four crus or more, and food tastings come with the wine, out in the vines when the weather allows. A hidden stop, a chapel, a château or a view, is part of the route, and lunch is not included. The fare is per person, and a Lyon pickup or a train ticket can be booked as options instead of making your own way.

From $250 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

From Lyon : Beaujolais Private Day Tour by Vintage Defender

★★★★★ 4.7 (5 reviews · 9 hours 30 minutes)

Catch the train from Lyon Part-Dieu to Belleville-sur-Saône, about half an hour, and a local insider meets you there with a vintage Defender for a private day in the northern crus. Tastings at two to four wineries cover six crus or more, with a wine, cheese and cold-cuts tasting out in a Fleurie vineyard. Lunch, picnic or restaurant, is your choice at an extra fee, and a hidden chapel or château breaks up the day before Juliénas. The old Defenders have no seat belts, and a Lyon pickup can be added as an option when you book.

From $557 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

From Lyon: Beaujolais Signature Wine Experience

★★★★★ 5.0 (11 reviews · 7 hours)

Your WSET-certified guide collects you from your Lyon accommodation in a premium SUV and drives to two wineries that are sometimes closed to the public. Each visit and tasting runs about two hours, with a two-hour bistro lunch between them: three courses and two glasses of wine, in the fare. Nothing else is charged on the day except any bottles you decide to buy. It suits a couple or a small party of adults who want the day planned for them, since it is not open to anyone under 18.

From $567 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais and Burgundy Private Winter Wine Day Tour From Lyon

★★★★★ 5.0 (22 reviews · 8 hours)

Warm up with mulled wine at the Château de Corcelles, the first stop of a private winter day by vintage Defender that starts at Mâcon Ville station at 9:30 am. Estates in Romanèche-Thorins and at the Château des Bachelards in Fleurie follow, the second with organic wines and a mâchon, then lunch at a local winemakers' restaurant. The day ends at Maison Jacoulot, a family liqueur distillery, and four wines or more are poured at each stop for guests of 18 and over. Train tickets from Lyon Part-Dieu or a private car come by option, and you need two guests to book.

From $567 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

From Lyon: Beaujolais Signature Experience Wine

★★★★★ 4.8 (20 reviews · 7 hours)

Private pickup at your Lyon address at 10 am starts a day built around a two-hour lunch at Ema, a bistronomic restaurant in the vines. One winery tasting comes before the meal and one after, on a route past Mont Brouilly, Villié-Morgon and Chiroubles. The starter, main, dessert and the wines with them are in the fare, and the car brings you back to your door. Bookings take two guests at least, and it suits anyone who wants the long French lunch at the heart of the day.

From $578 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais & Perouges Medieval Town - Private Tour - Full Day from Lyon

★★★★★ 5.0 (10 reviews · 8 hours 15 minutes)

Pair the Pierres Dorées with Pérouges, a medieval town east of Lyon in the Ain, on a private day that collects you from your Lyon hotel or flat at 9 am. Three hours go to the villages around Oingt and a small family winery pouring four to five wines, before lunch at your own expense. An hour and a quarter in Pérouges follows, admission ticket included, then a Mercedes minivan brings you back to your door. The price covers a private group of up to four, with an English-speaking wine connoisseur as your guide all day.

From $950 per group, up to 4

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Beaujolais Region Wine Tasting Private Day Tour from Lyon

★★★★★ 5.0 (6 reviews · 9 hours)

Up to three wineries in the Côte de Brouilly and Fleurie appellations fill this private Beaujolais day, which collects you from your Lyon hotel at 9:15 am. The tastings are in the fare, and the vehicle and the guide belong to your party alone for about nine hours. The price covers a group of up to four, so it is at its best value when the car is full. Lunch and gratuities are not included, so budget for a village restaurant at midday.

From $1,158 per group, up to 4

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Private Beaujolais wine tour

★★★★★ 5.0 (15 reviews · 8 to 9 hours)

Taste 15 to 20 wines on a day led by a wine merchant, starting with morning visits to wineries in Fleurie and Villié-Morgon after a pickup at your Lyon address. Half an hour at the Mont Brouilly viewpoint comes before a picnic lunch of a dozen French cheeses on the Chiroubles hillside, poured with gamay from the 1960s to today. A last tasting follows lunch, and a chauffeur drives the air-conditioned car all day. The fare is per person with two guests at least, so it suits a pair of wine lovers who want old vintages as well as young ones.

From $1,158 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Lyon Wine Tasting: Small-Group Blind Tasting with a Sommelier

★★★★★ 4.9 (239 reviews · 2 hours)

Climb one flight in the Croix-Rousse to a 19th-century silk workers' loft, where a sommelier leads a blind tasting of five glasses from Beaujolais, Burgundy, the Northern Rhône and one wildcard. A board of local cheese, charcuterie and artisan bread comes with the wines, and ten guests at most sit at the table. It takes two hours and never leaves Lyon, so it fits a day when you have no time for the vineyards. Look for the big wooden door at 12 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse and the CONNER buzzer, five flat minutes from the metro.

From $114 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.