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Visit Girolles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Girolles is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 35 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Girolles is 184 km from Paris and 406 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Avallon at 7 km from Girolles
Popular places to visit near Girolles: these include Avallon at 7 km and Vezelay at 10 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 10km. 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 Girolles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Girolles
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Girolles.
Note that all distances from Girolles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Girolles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Girolles (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 Girolles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (31km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (36km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (40km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (43km) : Jardin de la Chaux (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (33km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (39km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (41km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (43km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (10km) : Fontenay Abbey (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Girolles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Girolles
Canton: Avallon
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89200
Distance to Girolles
from Auxerre: 35 km
from Paris: 184 km
from Calais: 406 km
from Nice: 502 km
from Bordeaux: 453 km
from Strasbourg: 313 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Girolles): Annay-la-Cote, Anneot, Avallon, Blannay, Domecy-sur-le-Vault, Etaule, Givry, Lucy-le-Bois, Pontaubert, Saint-More, Sermizelles, Tharot, Thory, Vault-de-Lugny and Voutenay-sur-Cure.
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 Girolles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Girolles