Arcy-sur-Cure travel guide
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Visit Arcy-sur-Cure: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arcy-sur-Cure is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 25 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Arcy-sur-Cure is 174 km from Paris and 397 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vezelay at 15 km from Arcy-sur-Cure
Arcy-sur-Cure reviews and comments:
Visit the caves at Arcy-sur-Cure - site of some of the oldest cave paintings to be found anywhere in the world and large caves with lakes and stalactites.
Arcy-sur-Cure, France Rating: 5/5 Reviewed by A Cave on
Popular places to visit near Arcy-sur-Cure: these include Vezelay at 15 km and Avallon at 17 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arcy-sur-Cure, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arcy-sur-Cure
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arcy-sur-Cure.
Note that all distances from Arcy-sur-Cure shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arcy-sur-Cure holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arcy-sur-Cure (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Yonne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arcy-sur-Cure and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (38km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (46km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (47km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (15km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (40km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (44km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (15km) : Fontenay Abbey (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Arcy-sur-Cure & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arcy-sur-Cure
Canton: Vermenton
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89270
Distance to Arcy-sur-Cure
from Auxerre: 25 km
from Paris: 174 km
from Calais: 397 km
from Nice: 512 km
from Bordeaux: 453 km
from Strasbourg: 316 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arcy-sur-Cure): Bessy-sur-Cure, Lucy-sur-Cure, Mailly-la-Ville, Precy-le-Sec, Saint-More, Sery and Voutenay-sur-Cure.
Getting here
Yonne is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris orly or Charles de Gaulle airports and rent a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 5 - 6 hours driving time. For driving distances to Arcy-sur-Cure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arcy-sur-Cure