Melay travel guide
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Visit Melay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Melay is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 63 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Melay is 319 km from Paris and 550 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 8 km from Melay
Popular places to visit near Melay: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 8 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 12 km.
Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Melay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Melay
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 Melay.
Note that all distances from Melay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Melay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Melay (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 Melay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (18km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (18km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (25km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (27km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (8km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (8km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (10km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (12km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (16km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (24km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (28km) : Vichy (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (13km) : Lapalisse (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Melay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Melay
Canton: Marcigny
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71340
Distance to Melay
from Macon: 63 km
from Paris: 319 km
from Calais: 550 km
from Nice: 379 km
from Bordeaux: 389 km
from Strasbourg: 385 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 Melay): Artaix, Chenay-le-Chatel, Iguerande, Saint-Martin-du-Lac, Semur-en-Brionnais and Vivans.
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 Melay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Melay