Gourdon travel guide
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Visit Gourdon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gourdon is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 48 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Gourdon is 292 km from Paris and 515 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cormatin at 21 km from Gourdon
Popular places to visit near Gourdon: these include Cormatin at 21 km and Cluny at 28 km.
Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gourdon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gourdon
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gourdon.
Note that all distances from Gourdon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gourdon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gourdon (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 Saone-et-Loire 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 Gourdon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Digoine (20km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (39km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (40km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (40km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (41km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (3km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (24km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (28km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (30km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (33km) : Macon (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (35km) : Autun (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (44km) : Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Gourdon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gourdon
Canton: Mont-Saint-Vincent
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71690
Distance to Gourdon
from Macon: 48 km
from Paris: 292 km
from Calais: 515 km
from Nice: 395 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 328 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gourdon): Marigny, Mary, Mont-Saint-Vincent, Saint-Romain-sous-Gourdon and Saint-Vallier.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Gourdon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gourdon