Foissy-les-Vezelay travel guide

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Visit Foissy-les-Vezelay: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Foissy-les-Vezelay is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 42 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Foissy-les-Vezelay is 190 km from Paris and 415 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Vezelay at 4 km from Foissy-les-Vezelay

Popular places to visit near Foissy-les-Vezelay: these include Vezelay at 4 km and Avallon at 12 km.

Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 4km. 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 Foissy-les-Vezelay, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Foissy-les-Vezelay

photo of Avallon
Avallon 12km
photo of Clamecy
Clamecy 19km
photo of Saulieu
Saulieu 39km
photo of Chablis
Chablis 42km
photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 43km

See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Foissy-les-Vezelay.

Note that all distances from Foissy-les-Vezelay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Foissy-les-Vezelay holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Foissy-les-Vezelay (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 Foissy-les-Vezelay and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Saint-Léger (34km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (40km) : Jardin de la Chaux (41km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (43km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (48km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (34km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (22km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (32km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (39km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (48km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Vezelay (4km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (43km) :

Map of places to visit near Foissy-les-Vezelay & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Foissy-lès-Vézelay

Canton: Vézelay

Arrondissement: Avallon

Department: Yonne

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 89450

Distance to Foissy-les-Vezelay

from Auxerre: 42 km

from Paris: 190 km

from Calais: 415 km

from Nice: 497 km

from Bordeaux: 442 km

from Strasbourg: 323 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 Foissy-les-Vezelay): Asquins, Domecy-sur-Cure, Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay, Menades, Nuars, Pierre-Perthuis, Saint-Aubin-Des-Chaumes, Saint-Pere, Tharoiseau and Vezelay.

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 Foissy-les-Vezelay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Foissy-les-Vezelay