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Visit Fontaines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaines is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 61 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Fontaines is 286 km from Paris and 503 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 11 km from Fontaines
Popular places to visit near Fontaines: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 11 km and Beaune at 20 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. 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 Fontaines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontaines
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 Fontaines.
Note that all distances from Fontaines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontaines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontaines (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 Fontaines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (28km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (41km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (32km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (33km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (34km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (42km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (47km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (11km) : Autun (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaines
Canton: Chagny
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71150
Distance to Fontaines
from Macon: 61 km
from Paris: 286 km
from Calais: 503 km
from Nice: 401 km
from Bordeaux: 470 km
from Strasbourg: 295 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaines): Aluze, Bouzeron, Chamilly, Chassey-le-Camp, Dracy-le-Fort, Farges-les-Chalon, La Loyere, Mellecey, Mercurey, Rully, Saint-Denis-de-Vaux, Saint-Jean-de-Vaux, Saint-Mard-de-Vaux and Saint-Martin-sous-Montaigu.
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 Fontaines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontaines