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Visit Ay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ay is situated in the Marne department (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 29 km from Chalons-en-Champagne, the department capital. (General information: Ay is 122 km from Paris and 260 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Epernay at 3 km from Ay
Popular places to visit near Ay: these include Epernay at 3 km and Reims at 22 km.
Montagne-de-Reims is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 8km and Jardin botanique de la Presle is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ay
See France This Way travel guides for and Champagne-Ardenne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ay.
Note that all distances from Ay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ay (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 Marne 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 Ay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique de la Presle (10km) : Entre Cour et Jardin (42km) : Jardins de Viels-Maisons (47km) :
- National Monuments: Tau Palace (22km) : Towers of Reims Cathedral (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Reims (Reims) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Oger (11km) : Chamery (13km) : Rilly-la-Montagne (13km) : Reims (22km) : Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pre (27km) : Baconnes (27km) : Mourmelon-le-Grand (28km) : Chalons-en-Champagne (29km) : Haussimont (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Reims Cathedral, Abbey and Palace (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Ay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ay
Canton: Ay
Arrondissement: Reims
Department: Marne
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 51160
Distance to Ay
from Chalons-en-Champagne: 29 km
from Paris: 122 km
from Calais: 260 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 583 km
from Strasbourg: 279 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ay): Avenay-Val-d'Or, Champillon, Chavot-Courcourt, Chouilly, Cumieres, Dizy, Epernay, Fontaine-sur-Ay, Hautvillers, Magenta, Mardeuil, Mareuil-sur-Ay, Moussy, Mutigny, Oiry, Pierry and Plivot.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ay