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Visit Ciel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ciel is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 67 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Ciel is 298 km from Paris and 509 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 18 km from Ciel
Popular places to visit near Ciel: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 18 km and Beaune at 22 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 18km and Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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 Ciel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ciel
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ciel.
Note that all distances from Ciel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ciel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ciel (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 Saone-et-Loire 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 Ciel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (40km) : Jardin à la Faulx (41km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (45km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (46km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (47km) : Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (22km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (23km) : Quetigny (48km) : Dijon (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (18km) : Dole (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Ciel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ciel
Canton: Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71350
Distance to Ciel
from Macon: 67 km
from Paris: 298 km
from Calais: 509 km
from Nice: 394 km
from Bordeaux: 491 km
from Strasbourg: 277 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ciel): Allerey-sur-Saone, Bragny-sur-Saone, Damerey, Les Bordes, Pontoux, Saint-Didier-en-Bresse, Saint-Maurice-en-Riviere, Saunieres, Sermesse, Toutenant and Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Ciel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ciel