Dornecy travel guide
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Visit Dornecy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dornecy is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 59 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Dornecy is 183 km from Paris and 411 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Clamecy at 6 km from Dornecy
Popular places to visit near Dornecy: these include Clamecy at 6 km and Vezelay at 12 km.
Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 12km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Dornecy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dornecy
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dornecy.
Note that all distances from Dornecy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dornecy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dornecy (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 Nievre 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 Dornecy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (43km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (25km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (26km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Dornecy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dornecy
Canton: Clamecy
Arrondissement: Clamecy
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58530
Distance to Dornecy
from Nevers: 59 km
from Paris: 183 km
from Calais: 411 km
from Nice: 504 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 335 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 Dornecy): Armes, Asnieres-sous-Bois, Asnois, Breves, Chamoux, Chevroches, Clamecy, La Maison-Dieu, Metz-le-Comte and Villiers-sur-Yonne.
Getting here
Nievre 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, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Dornecy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dornecy