I had read good reviews for the Chateau and then read some of the negative comments on Trip Advisor. Wev stayed for one night at the Chateau as a stopover on our way down to Provence. It was quite delightful. The bedroom suite was huge and very comfortable. We didnt eat dinner but found excellent choice in the nearvy Auxonne. The owners were really pleasant, helpful and courteous. It is not like a hotel where they are at your beck and call all the time. Rather you are staying in their home! Of course it helps if you speak French - you are after all in France. As for the dog, yes he's huge but an absolute babe- and the donkey just made our stay.

We found this Castle by coincidence. We were 2 couples with 3 kids under 3y. In a nutshell, I would say the “product” is fantastic, the Castle is very elegant / charming and the place around is charming too (park is lovely). We have not tested the Spa. One slight critic, the Castle is not well fit for young kids, example, very little shadow around swimming pool. Main other comment is connected to the service. I think it is fair to say the service is the one of a good hotel, not really the one people used to gites are probably expecting. Normally, owners are here to answer questions about the place / area and trying to “connect” the different guests together. I would say for kids > 8/10 years old and their parents, everyone could enjoy different activities in the Castle, the Spa, horse riding and of course swimming pool. If you are looking for something really friendly, chose plan B, if you are looking for a nice & elegant place/hotel in Bourgogne, that’s it.

We stayed here overnight on our way down to the south of france.

This place was great - we had a lovely room in the cottage; spacious, tastefully decorated and very comfortable - had the feel of a much more expensive place. There was a very nice pool which we used and we loved walking round the grounds, lookingat the tractor (we have a 3 year old boy) patting the horses etc.

The owner was very friendly and helpful.

We did not eat there in the evening but the breakfast was great.

We felt we could have stayed there quite happily for another couple of nights and were sad to leave.

For us, this chateau was a stop-over, half way to and back from Tuscany. We chose it because it was close to the motorway, south of Dijon and could offer and evening meal. All we needed was peace, seclusion and food to break up a two day journey.

If we hadn't been in transit, we could easily have stayed longer. Flammerans is a small, quiet village and the Chateau has extensive grounds with a swimming pool and orangerie (with honour bar if you need it).

Our suite was light, airy and minimally decorated. The evening meal, prepared by Guy, was in itself worth the stay: typical of the region and served with copius local wine. It is fair to say that our vegetarian compeers decided to give it a miss, but never mind.

Madame Catherine does prefer it if you can speak some French- which we couldn't- but then we were afterall were in France. Not being a dog person, one of us was very wary of Vitoc, who is some type of massive hound, but he turned out to be a huge draught excluder on legs, and totally harmless.

Zaza the donkey did give us a wake-up call, but when you are in the French countryside, you should expect there to be stock animals. Breakfast was very high quality basic French food; more than enough to sustain us for our continuing journey.

Unfortunately, our stay in Tuscany had to be cut short, but one quick call to Guy and we were able to re-schedule the return trip (all I'm relieved to say, accomplished in English) so the return stop-over was even more of a relief break than it was on the journey down.

Over all, its actually quite a shame we were only looking for an overnight stop. The Chateau and the region has a lot more to offer. It was a treat.