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Visit Lain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lain is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Lain is 156 km from Paris and 386 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Guedelon at 15 km from Lain
Popular places to visit near Lain: these include Guedelon at 15 km and Clamecy at 22 km.
Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 26km and Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 33km. 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 Lain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lain
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lain.
Note that all distances from Lain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lain (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 Lain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (45km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (33km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (37km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (42km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (26km) : Joigny (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Lain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lain
Canton: Courson-les-Carrières
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89560
Distance to Lain
from Auxerre: 26 km
from Paris: 156 km
from Calais: 386 km
from Nice: 531 km
from Bordeaux: 432 km
from Strasbourg: 344 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lain): Fontenoy, Levis, Ouanne, Sementron, Taingy and Thury.
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 Lain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lain