Fresnes travel guide
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Visit Fresnes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fresnes is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Fresnes is 172 km from Paris and 387 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Noyers-sur-Serein at 7 km from Fresnes
Popular places to visit near Fresnes: these include Noyers-sur-Serein at 7 km and Tonnerre at 11 km.
Noyers-sur-Serein is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km. 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
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne 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 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 Fresnes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (29km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (32km) : Jardin du prieuré (34km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (37km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (7km) : Flavigny (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (27km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (33km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (32km) : Vezelay (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Fresnes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fresnes
Canton: Noyers
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89310
Distance to Fresnes
from Auxerre: 32 km
from Paris: 172 km
from Calais: 387 km
from Nice: 518 km
from Bordeaux: 478 km
from Strasbourg: 293 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fresnes): Annay-sur-Serein, Molay, Moulins-en-Tonnerrois, Sainte-Vertu, Sambourg, Vireaux, Viviers and Yrouerre.
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 Fresnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fresnes