Avallon travel guide
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Visit Avallon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avallon is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 42 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Avallon is 191 km from Paris and 412 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Avallon (page also includes a photo gallery for Avallon)
Popular places to visit near Avallon: these include Montreal at 11 km and Vezelay at 13 km.
Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 13km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Avallon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avallon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avallon
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avallon.
Note that all distances from Avallon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avallon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avallon (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 Avallon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (27km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (30km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (35km) : Jardin de la Chaux (38km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (39km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (24km) : Flavigny (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (30km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (34km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (35km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (44km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (13km) : Fontenay Abbey (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Avallon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avallon
Canton: Avallon
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89200
Distance to Avallon
from Auxerre: 42 km
from Paris: 191 km
from Calais: 412 km
from Nice: 496 km
from Bordeaux: 454 km
from Strasbourg: 310 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avallon): Annay-la-Cote, Anneot, Athie, Etaule, Girolles, Island, Magny, Pontaubert, Provency, Sauvigny-le-Bois, Tharot and Vault-de-Lugny.
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 Avallon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avallon