Charentenay travel guide
Visit Charentenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Auxerre at 17 km from Charentenay
Location: Charentenay is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Charentenay is 160 km from Paris and 387 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Charentenay: these include Auxerre at 17 km and Clamecy at 21 km. Auxerre is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 16 km and Auxerre is a listed town of art and history at 17 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Charentenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charentenay
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charentenay.
Note that all distances from Charentenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charentenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Charentenay
- Vermenton: market every Friday (15km)
- Auxerre: market every Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (16km)
- Toucy: market every Saturday (21km)
- Clamecy: market every Saturday (21km)
- Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market every Wednesday (26km)
- Chablis: market every Sunday (27km)
- Aillant-sur-Tholon: market every Tuesday (29km)
- Avallon: market every Saturday (33km)
- Migennes: market every Thursday (35km)
- Saint-Fargeau: market every Friday (35km)
- Joigny: market every Wednesday & Saturday (39km)
- Tonnerre: market every Saturday (40km)
- Saint-Florentin: market every Monday (42km)
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 Charentenay and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Charentenay map below.
Heritage Site Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (25km); Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km); Vezelay (26km)
Most Beautiful Village Noyers-sur-Serein (34km)
Recommended Detour Joigny (44km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (29km); Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (32km); Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (45km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Auxerre (16km); Clamecy (21km); Vezelay (26km); Joigny (39km)
Town Of Art And History Auxerre (17km); Joigny (44km)
Map of places to visit near Charentenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charentenay
Canton: Coulanges-la-Vineuse
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89580
Distance to Charentenay
from Auxerre (local prefecture): 17 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 387 km
from Nice: 526 km
from Bordeaux: 445 km
from Strasbourg: 329 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charentenay): Coulangeron, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Courson-les-Carrieres, Fontenailles, Fontenay-sous-Fouronnes, Fouronnes, Merry-Sec, Mige, Molesmes, Mouffy and Val-de-Mercy.
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 Charentenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charentenay