Bassou travel guide

Bassou photo, taken in Joigny France

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Visit Bassou: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Bassou is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 15 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Bassou is 135 km from Paris and 357 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Joigny at 11 km from Bassou

Popular places to visit near Bassou: these include Joigny at 11 km and Auxerre at 14 km.

Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bassou, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bassou

photo of Joigny
Joigny 11km
photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 14km
photo of Chablis
Chablis 24km
photo of Sens
Sens 40km

See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bassou.

Note that all distances from Bassou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Bassou holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bassou (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 Bassou and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (40km) : Parc du château de Thorigny (42km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (44km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (7km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (15km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Sens (35km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (14km) : Joigny (20km) :

Map of places to visit near Bassou & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Bassou

Canton: Migennes

Arrondissement: Auxerre

Department: Yonne

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 89400

Distance to Bassou

from Auxerre: 15 km

from Paris: 135 km

from Calais: 357 km

from Nice: 552 km

from Bordeaux: 465 km

from Strasbourg: 322 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bassou): Appoigny, Beaumont, Bonnard, Branches, Champlay, Charmoy, Chemilly-sur-Yonne, Cheny, Chichery, Epineau-les-Voves, Guerchy, Laroche-Saint-Cydroine, Migennes, Neuilly, Ormoy and Villemer.

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 Bassou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Bassou