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Visit Fontaines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaines is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Fontaines is 146 km from Paris and 376 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Guedelon at 14 km from Fontaines
Popular places to visit near Fontaines: these include Guedelon at 14 km and Auxerre at 26 km.
Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 26km and Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 35km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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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 Yonne 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 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 Fontaines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (35km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (35km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (38km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (42km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (40km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (26km) : Joigny (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaines
Canton: Toucy
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89130
Distance to Fontaines
from Auxerre: 26 km
from Paris: 146 km
from Calais: 376 km
from Nice: 542 km
from Bordeaux: 433 km
from Strasbourg: 348 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaines): Fontenoy, Lalande, Levis, Moulins-sur-Ouanne and Toucy.
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 Fontaines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontaines