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Visit Brain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brain is situated in the Cote d'Or department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 43 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Brain is 223 km from Paris and 433 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Flavigny at 6 km from Brain
Popular places to visit near Brain: these include Flavigny at 6 km and Semur-en-Auxois at 13 km.
Flavigny is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km and Alesia is a listed 'grand site of france' at 8km. 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 Brain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brain
See France This Way travel guides for Cote d'Or and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brain.
Note that all distances from Brain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brain (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 Cote d'Or 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 Brain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du château de Lantilly (13km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (21km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (22km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (30km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (32km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (34km) : Jardin de la Chaux (38km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (11km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Flavigny (6km) : Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (29km) : Noyers-sur-Serein (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (22km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Dijon (43km) : Quetigny (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (8km) :
Map of places to visit near Brain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brain
Canton: Vitteaux
Arrondissement: Montbard
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21350
Distance to Brain
from Dijon: 43 km
from Paris: 223 km
from Calais: 433 km
from Nice: 470 km
from Bordeaux: 488 km
from Strasbourg: 272 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 Brain): Arnay-sous-Vitteaux, Chassey, Dampierre-en-Montagne, Flavigny, Hauteroche, La Roche-Vanneau, Magny-la-Ville, Marigny-le-Cahouet, Posanges, Pouillenay, Sainte-Colombe and Villeferry.
Getting here
Cote d'Or is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk, a drive of about 6 hours, or fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car. For driving distances to Brain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brain