Montmelard travel guide
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Visit Montmelard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montmelard is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Montmelard is 320 km from Paris and 547 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cluny at 22 km from Montmelard
Popular places to visit near Montmelard: these include Cluny at 22 km and Solutre-Pouilly at 24 km.
Les Jardins du château de Drée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Le jardin de Zéphyr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Montmelard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montmelard
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 Montmelard.
Note that all distances from Montmelard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montmelard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montmelard (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 Montmelard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les Jardins du château de Drée (8km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (11km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (17km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (19km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (29km) : Parc du château de Laye (38km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (26km) : Oingt (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (19km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (21km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (23km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (26km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (26km) : Macon (32km) : Vonnas (47km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (26km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Montmelard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montmelard
Canton: Matour
Arrondissement: Mâcon
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71520
Distance to Montmelard
from Macon: 32 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 547 km
from Nice: 369 km
from Bordeaux: 422 km
from Strasbourg: 355 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 Montmelard): Aigueperse, Bois-Sainte-Marie, Chatenay, Colombier-en-Brionnais, Dompierre-les-Ormes, Gibles, Matour, Ozolles and Varennes-sous-Dun.
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 Montmelard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montmelard