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Visit Genay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Genay 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: Genay is 207 km from Paris and 420 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Auxois at 4 km from Genay
Popular places to visit near Genay: these include Semur-en-Auxois at 4 km and Fontenay Abbey at 12 km.
Potager du château de Lantilly is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Jardin du moulin de Athie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. 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 Genay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Genay
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 Genay.
Note that all distances from Genay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Genay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Genay (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 Genay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du château de Lantilly (6km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (6km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (15km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (30km) : Jardin de la Chaux (37km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (46km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (47km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (17km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Flavigny (18km) : Noyers-sur-Serein (30km) : Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (12km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (28km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (15km) : Vezelay (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Genay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genay
Canton: Semur-en-Auxois
Arrondissement: Montbard
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21140
Distance to Genay
from Dijon: 60 km
from Paris: 207 km
from Calais: 420 km
from Nice: 484 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 282 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Genay): Athie, Champ-d'Oiseau, Jeux-les-Bard, Lantilly, Millery, Montigny-Montfort, Moutiers-Saint-Jean, Pont-et-Massene, Semur-en-Auxois, Torcy-et-Pouligny, Vic-de-Chassenay, Villaines-les-Prevotes, Villars-et-Villenotte and Viserny.
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 Genay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Genay