Merry-la-Vallee travel guide
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Visit Merry-la-Vallee: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Merry-la-Vallee is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 18 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Merry-la-Vallee is 138 km from Paris and 366 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Auxerre at 18 km from Merry-la-Vallee
Popular places to visit near Merry-la-Vallee: these include Auxerre at 18 km and Joigny at 21 km.
Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 18km and Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 23km. 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 Merry-la-Vallee, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Merry-la-Vallee
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Merry-la-Vallee.
Note that all distances from Merry-la-Vallee shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Merry-la-Vallee holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Merry-la-Vallee (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 Merry-la-Vallee and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (31km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (23km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (31km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Sens (45km) : Briare (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (18km) : Joigny (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Merry-la-Vallee & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Merry-la-Vallée
Canton: Aillant-sur-Tholon
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89110
Distance to Merry-la-Vallee
from Auxerre: 18 km
from Paris: 138 km
from Calais: 366 km
from Nice: 548 km
from Bordeaux: 445 km
from Strasbourg: 339 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Merry-la-Vallee): Beauvoir, Chassy, Egleny, Les Ormes, Parly, Pourrain, Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre and Saint-Maurice-le-Vieil.
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 Merry-la-Vallee from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Merry-la-Vallee