Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay travel guide
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Visit Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 44 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay is 191 km from Paris and 416 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vezelay at 6 km from Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay
Popular places to visit near Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay: these include Vezelay at 6 km and Avallon at 15 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 6km. 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 Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay.
Note that all distances from Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay holidays and travel
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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 Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Saint-Léger (34km) : Jardin de la Chaux (41km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (41km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (42km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (19km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (29km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (40km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (6km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay-près-Vézelay
Canton: Vézelay
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89450
Distance to Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay
from Auxerre: 44 km
from Paris: 191 km
from Calais: 416 km
from Nice: 496 km
from Bordeaux: 439 km
from Strasbourg: 325 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay): Bazoches, Chamoux, Domecy-sur-Cure, Foissy-les-Vezelay, Neuffontaines, Nuars, Pierre-Perthuis, Saint-Aubin-Des-Chaumes, Saint-Pere, Teigny, Tharoiseau, Vezelay and Vignol.
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 Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay