Melisey travel guide

Melisey photo, taken in Tanlay castle France

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Visit Melisey: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Melisey is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Melisey is 165 km from Paris and 374 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Tanlay castle at 8 km from Melisey

Popular places to visit near Melisey: these include Tanlay castle at 8 km and Tonnerre at 10 km.

Jardin du prieuré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Noyers-sur-Serein is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km. 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 Melisey, France

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

photo of Chablis
Chablis 24km
photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 40km
photo of Troyes
Troyes 43km
photo of Avallon
Avallon 49km

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

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

Melisey holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré (16km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (39km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (41km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (47km) : Jardin du château de Barberey-Saint-Sulpice (47km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (25km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (35km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (38km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (29km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (38km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (40km) : Troyes (43km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (37km) :

Map of places to visit near Melisey & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Mélisey

Canton: Cruzy-le-Châtel

Arrondissement: Avallon

Department: Yonne

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 89430

Distance to Melisey

from Auxerre: 40 km

from Paris: 165 km

from Calais: 374 km

from Nice: 530 km

from Bordeaux: 494 km

from Strasbourg: 282 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Melisey): Coussegrey, Etourvy, Molosmes, Rugny, Saint-Martin-sur-Armancon, Thorey and Trichey.

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

This page in French: Visitez Melisey