Fontenailles travel guide
Visit Fontenailles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Clamecy at 19 km from Fontenailles
Location: Fontenailles is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 20 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Fontenailles is 159 km from Paris and 387 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Fontenailles: these include Clamecy at 19 km and Auxerre at 21 km. Clamecy is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 19 km and Auxerre is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 20 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontenailles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenailles
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenailles.
Note that all distances from Fontenailles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenailles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Fontenailles
- Toucy: market every Saturday (17km)
- Clamecy: market every Saturday (19km)
- Auxerre: market every Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (20km)
- Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market every Wednesday (20km)
- Vermenton: market every Friday (21km)
- Aillant-sur-Tholon: market every Tuesday (29km)
- Saint-Fargeau: market every Friday (29km)
- Chablis: market every Sunday (33km)
- Avallon: market every Saturday (37km)
- Migennes: market every Thursday (37km)
- Bleneau: market every Tuesday (39km)
- Joigny: market every Wednesday & Saturday (40km)
- Tonnerre: market every Saturday (46km)
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 Fontenailles and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Fontenailles map below.
Heritage Site Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km); Vezelay (28km); Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
Most Beautiful Village Noyers-sur-Serein (40km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (32km); Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (36km); Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (50km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Clamecy (19km); Auxerre (20km); Vezelay (28km); Joigny (40km)
Town Of Art And History Auxerre (21km)
Map of places to visit near Fontenailles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenailles
Canton: Courson-les-Carrières
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89560
Distance to Fontenailles
from Auxerre (local prefecture): 20 km
from Paris: 159 km
from Calais: 387 km
from Nice: 527 km
from Bordeaux: 439 km
from Strasbourg: 335 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenailles): Charentenay, Coulangeron, Courson-les-Carrieres, Merry-Sec, Molesmes, Mouffy, Ouanne and Taingy.
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 Fontenailles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenailles