19, Rue Maizières, 21200 Beaune

Abbaye de Maizières

Name: Abbaye de Maizières
Address: 19, Rue Maizières, Beaune, 21200, FR
Price range: 243 EUR
Rating: 4.25

Hotel 4-star with pool in Beaune

Presentation

The Abbey of Maizières, in the heart of Beaune, lives up to its name: twelve rooms and suites housed within the walls of a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey, between the Basilica of Notre-Dame and the Hospices.

The cobbled lane where it stands is unassuming. You could almost walk past without stopping, a medieval door, a fragment of stained glass, nothing to really announce what lies beyond. Then you push the door open, and 3rd-century stone appears, with ribbed vaults and the spiral staircase winding up to the top of the tower.

Parking in front of the hotel is not possible; the street is too narrow and one-way. The République public car park is two hundred meters away, or the hotel can arrange a transfer while you drop off your bags. Once the car is parked, everything else is done on foot; the Hospices are two minutes away, and the Wine Museum as well.

The rooms are spread over three floors, all connected by the same spiral staircase that is often photographed on the first evening. It is worth knowing before booking: there is no elevator, and some Deluxe rooms on the top floor are duplexes, with a few steps between the bedroom and the bathroom. For a single-level room, it is best to mention this when booking.

On the ground floor, in what once served as the monks’ wine cellar, a heated indoor pool remains open every day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., no reservation required. People often go down there late in the afternoon, after a walk through the vineyards of the Côte de Beaune, and lose track of time for a while beneath the stone vault.

In the morning, breakfast is served in a vaulted cellar, coffee, pastries, a few Burgundy products laid out on the table. Nothing ostentatious, but the setting is enough to make the moment last longer than expected.

In the rooms, antique furniture sits alongside a private bathroom and, on the upper floors, a view over the rooftops of Beaune. Exposed beams here and there, stone visible elsewhere, the bedding remains carefully maintained despite the age of the building.

For those returning from a day on the wine route, the hotel also offers in-room massages, organic oils, with no therapeutic pretensions, just enough to loosen the shoulders before dinner.

One detail to remember before you leave: notify the reception of your arrival by car, and they will send you the map to the nearest car park; it avoids driving around the narrow streets of the center with your luggage on the back seat.

Summary of a few positive reviews read on the Web

Just a stone’s throw from the Basilica of Notre-Dame and the Hospices, we did everything on foot during our stay.
The reception explained where to park before we even asked, precise and efficient.
Breakfast served in a stone-vaulted cellar, decent coffee, fresh pastries, a few local products on the table.
Our room overlooked the rooftops of Beaune, spacious for such an old building.
The indoor pool in the former wine cellar is open until 8 p.m., handy after a day in the vineyards.
The entrance is so discreet in the lane that we almost went to the wrong door when we arrived.