Crain travel guide
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Visit Crain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Crain is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 29 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Crain is 172 km from Paris and 400 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Clamecy at 8 km from Crain
Popular places to visit near Crain: these include Clamecy at 8 km and Vezelay at 16 km.
Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 16km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Crain: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Crain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Crain
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Crain.
Note that all distances from Crain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Crain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Crain (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 Crain and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (16km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (36km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (42km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (16km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Crain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Crain
Canton: Coulanges-sur-Yonne
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89480
Distance to Crain
from Auxerre: 29 km
from Paris: 172 km
from Calais: 400 km
from Nice: 514 km
from Bordeaux: 437 km
from Strasbourg: 333 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Crain): Andryes, Coulanges-sur-Yonne, Festigny, Licheres-sur-Yonne, Lucy-sur-Yonne, Pousseaux and Surgy.
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 Crain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Crain