Merry-sur-Yonne travel guide
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Visit Merry-sur-Yonne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Merry-sur-Yonne is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Merry-sur-Yonne is 173 km from Paris and 398 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vezelay at 13 km from Merry-sur-Yonne
Popular places to visit near Merry-sur-Yonne: these include Vezelay at 13 km and Clamecy at 15 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 13km. 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-sur-Yonne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Merry-sur-Yonne
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Merry-sur-Yonne.
Note that all distances from Merry-sur-Yonne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Merry-sur-Yonne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Merry-sur-Yonne (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-sur-Yonne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (46km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (38km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (39km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (41km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Merry-sur-Yonne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Merry-sur-Yonne
Canton: Coulanges-sur-Yonne
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89660
Distance to Merry-sur-Yonne
from Auxerre: 26 km
from Paris: 173 km
from Calais: 398 km
from Nice: 514 km
from Bordeaux: 444 km
from Strasbourg: 325 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Merry-sur-Yonne): Bois-d'Arcy, Brosses, Chatel-Censoir, Fontenay-sous-Fouronnes, Fouronnes, Lucy-sur-Yonne, Mailly-la-Ville, Mailly-le-Chateau and Sery.
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-sur-Yonne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Merry-sur-Yonne