Fontenoy travel guide

Fontenoy photo, taken in Guedelon France

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Visit Fontenoy: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Fontenoy is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Fontenoy is 152 km from Paris and 382 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Guedelon at 13 km from Fontenoy

Popular places to visit near Fontenoy: these include Guedelon at 13 km and Auxerre at 26 km.

Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 26km and Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 35km. 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 Fontenoy, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenoy

photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 26km
photo of Clamecy
Clamecy 26km
photo of Joigny
Joigny 38km
photo of Vezelay
Vezelay 39km
photo of Chablis
Chablis 41km
photo of Briare
Briare 42km
photo of Avallon
Avallon 49km

See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenoy.

Note that all distances from Fontenoy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Fontenoy holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenoy (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 Fontenoy and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (40km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (44km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (36km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (39km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (42km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (43km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Vezelay (39km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (26km) : Joigny (39km) :

Map of places to visit near Fontenoy & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Fontenoy

Canton: Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye

Arrondissement: Auxerre

Department: Yonne

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 89520

Distance to Fontenoy

from Auxerre: 26 km

from Paris: 152 km

from Calais: 382 km

from Nice: 536 km

from Bordeaux: 432 km

from Strasbourg: 346 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenoy): Fontaines, Lain, Lalande, Leugny, Levis, Saints and Sementron.

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 Fontenoy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Fontenoy