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Visit Buffon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Buffon is situated in the Cote d'Or department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 68 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Buffon is 196 km from Paris and 407 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Buffon: these include Montbard at 5 km and Fontenay Abbey at 8 km.
Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Jardin du moulin de Athie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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 Buffon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Buffon
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 Buffon.
Note that all distances from Buffon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Buffon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Buffon (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 Buffon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (9km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (9km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (14km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (42km) : Jardin du prieuré (43km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (21km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (22km) : Flavigny (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (5km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (41km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (9km) : Vezelay (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Buffon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Buffon
Canton: Montbard
Arrondissement: Montbard
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21500
Distance to Buffon
from Dijon: 68 km
from Paris: 196 km
from Calais: 407 km
from Nice: 497 km
from Bordeaux: 487 km
from Strasbourg: 278 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Buffon): Aisy-sur-Armancon, Arrans, Crepand, Montbard, Perrigny-sur-Armancon, Quincerot, Quincy-le-Vicomte, Rougemont, Saint-Germain-les-Senailly and Saint-Remy.
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 Buffon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Buffon