Gigny travel guide
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Visit Gigny: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gigny is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 54 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Gigny is 184 km from Paris and 391 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ancy-le-Franc castle at 11 km from Gigny
Popular places to visit near Gigny: these include Ancy-le-Franc castle at 11 km and Tanlay castle at 16 km.
Abbaye de Fontenay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km and Fontenay Abbey is a listed 'heritage site' at 21km. 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 Gigny, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gigny
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gigny.
Note that all distances from Gigny shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gigny holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gigny (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 Gigny and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Abbaye de Fontenay (21km) : Jardin du prieuré (25km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (28km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (31km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (26km) : Flavigny (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (21km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (27km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Gigny & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gigny
Canton: Cruzy-le-Châtel
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89160
Distance to Gigny
from Auxerre: 54 km
from Paris: 184 km
from Calais: 391 km
from Nice: 512 km
from Bordeaux: 499 km
from Strasbourg: 270 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gigny): Cruzy-le-Chatel, Fontaines-les-Seches, Gland, Griselles, Jully, Laignes, Nicey, Sennevoy-le-Bas, Sennevoy-le-Haut and Stigny.
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 Gigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gigny