Fontenay Abbey travel guide
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Visit Fontenay Abbey: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay Abbey is situated in the Cote d'Or department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 60 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay Abbey is 203 km from Paris and 412 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Fontenay Abbey (page also includes a photo gallery for Fontenay Abbey)
Popular places to visit near Fontenay Abbey: these include Montbard at 2 km and Semur-en-Auxois at 15 km.
Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Abbaye de Fontenay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Fontenay Abbey: Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire de l'Auxois region;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontenay Abbey, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay Abbey
See France This Way travel guides for Cote d'Or and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay Abbey.
Note that all distances from Fontenay Abbey shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay Abbey holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay Abbey (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 Cote d'Or 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 Fontenay Abbey and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Abbaye de Fontenay (3km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (9km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (10km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (42km) : Jardin du prieuré (47km) : Jardin de la Chaux (49km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (13km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Flavigny (17km) : Noyers-sur-Serein (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (2km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (3km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay Abbey & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Abbaye de Fontenay
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: na
Distance to Fontenay Abbey
from Dijon: 60 km
from Paris: 203 km
from Calais: 412 km
from Nice: 491 km
from Bordeaux: 490 km
from Strasbourg: 273 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay Abbey): Benoisey, Courcelles-les-Montbard, Crepand, Fain-les-Montbard, Fresnes, Marmagne, Montbard, Montigny-Montfort, Saint-Remy, Seigny and Touillon.
Getting here
Cote d'Or is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk, a drive of about 6 hours, or fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car. For driving distances to Fontenay Abbey from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay Abbey