Lys travel guide
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Visit Lys: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lys is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 52 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Lys is 192 km from Paris and 420 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Corbigny at 12 km from Lys
Popular places to visit near Lys: these include Corbigny at 12 km and Clamecy at 14 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 17km. 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 Lys, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lys
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lys.
Note that all distances from Lys shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lys holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lys (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 Nievre 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 Lys and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (33km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (41km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (42km) : Jardin de la Chaux (47km) : Forgeneuve (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (17km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (17km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (37km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (48km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (48km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Lys & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lys
Canton: Tannay
Arrondissement: Clamecy
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58190
Distance to Lys
from Nevers: 52 km
from Paris: 192 km
from Calais: 420 km
from Nice: 496 km
from Bordeaux: 426 km
from Strasbourg: 338 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lys): Amazy, Asnan, Asnois, Challement, Dirol, Flez-Cuzy, Grenois, Metz-le-Comte, Monceaux-le-Comte, Saint-Didier, Talon, Tannay, Teigny and Vignol.
Getting here
Nievre 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, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Lys from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lys