Montcenis travel guide
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Visit Montcenis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montcenis is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 64 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Montcenis is 276 km from Paris and 498 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Autun at 19 km from Montcenis
Popular places to visit near Montcenis: these include Autun at 19 km and Cormatin at 35 km.
Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Autun is a listed 'town of art and history' at 19km. 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 Montcenis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montcenis
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 Montcenis.
Note that all distances from Montcenis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montcenis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montcenis (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 Montcenis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (25km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (30km) : Jardin de la Chaux (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (19km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (41km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (43km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (43km) : Paray-le-Monial (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Autun (19km) : Chalon-sur-Saone (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Montcenis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montcenis
Canton: Montcenis
Arrondissement: Autun
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71710
Distance to Montcenis
from Macon: 64 km
from Paris: 276 km
from Calais: 498 km
from Nice: 411 km
from Bordeaux: 442 km
from Strasbourg: 321 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 Montcenis): Charmoy, Le Breuil, Le Creusot, Les Bizots, Marmagne, Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne and Torcy.
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 Montcenis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montcenis