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Island photo, taken in Avallon France

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Visit Island: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Island is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 41 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Island is 190 km from Paris and 413 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Avallon at 5 km from Island

Popular places to visit near Island: these include Avallon at 5 km and Vezelay at 7 km.

Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 7km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Island, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Island

photo of Clamecy
Clamecy 24km
photo of Saulieu
Saulieu 36km
photo of Chablis
Chablis 39km
photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 42km

See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Island.

Note that all distances from Island shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Island holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Island (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 Island and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Saint-Léger (31km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (33km) : Jardin de la Chaux (39km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (41km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (45km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (48km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (28km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (26km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (39km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (41km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Vezelay (7km) : Fontenay Abbey (45km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (42km) :
  6. Grand Site of France: Alesia (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Island & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Island

Canton: Avallon

Arrondissement: Avallon

Department: Yonne

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 89200

Distance to Island

from Auxerre: 41 km

from Paris: 190 km

from Calais: 413 km

from Nice: 496 km

from Bordeaux: 449 km

from Strasbourg: 316 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 Island): Anneot, Avallon, Domecy-sur-le-Vault, Etaule, Givry, Menades, Pierre-Perthuis, Pontaubert, Tharoiseau and Vault-de-Lugny.

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 Island from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Island