Fresnes travel guide

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Visit Fresnes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Fresnes is situated in the Cote d'Or department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 55 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Fresnes is 208 km from Paris and 416 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Fontenay Abbey at 6 km from Fresnes

Popular places to visit near Fresnes: these include Fontenay Abbey at 6 km and Montbard at 8 km.

Fontenay Abbey is a listed 'heritage site' at 5km and Abbaye de Fontenay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. 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 Fresnes, France

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

photo of Saulieu
Saulieu 40km
photo of Avallon
Avallon 42km

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 Fresnes.

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

Fresnes holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Abbaye de Fontenay (5km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (8km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (15km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (43km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (46km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (48km) : Jardin de la Chaux (49km) :
  2. National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (8km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Flavigny (13km) : Noyers-sur-Serein (35km) : Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (46km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (8km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (40km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (48km) :
  6. Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (5km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (31km) :
  8. Grand Site of France: Alesia (9km) :

Map of places to visit near Fresnes & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Fresnes

Canton: Montbard

Arrondissement: Montbard

Department: Cote d'Or

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 21500

Distance to Fresnes

from Dijon: 55 km

from Paris: 208 km

from Calais: 416 km

from Nice: 487 km

from Bordeaux: 494 km

from Strasbourg: 269 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 Fresnes): Benoisey, Bussy-le-Grand, Courcelles-les-Montbard, Eringes, Fain-les-Montbard, Fontenay Abbey, Gresigny-Sainte-Reine, Grignon, Lucenay-le-Duc, Marmagne, Menetreux-le-Pitois, 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 Fresnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Fresnes