Pimelles travel guide
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Visit Pimelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pimelles is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 45 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Pimelles is 176 km from Paris and 385 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ancy-le-Franc castle at 7 km from Pimelles
Popular places to visit near Pimelles: these include Ancy-le-Franc castle at 7 km and Tanlay castle at 7 km.
Noyers-sur-Serein is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 21km and Jardin du prieuré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Pimelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pimelles
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pimelles.
Note that all distances from Pimelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pimelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pimelles (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 Pimelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré (22km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (27km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (31km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (36km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (21km) : Flavigny (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (27km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (29km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Pimelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pimelles
Canton: Cruzy-le-Châtel
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89740
Distance to Pimelles
from Auxerre: 45 km
from Paris: 176 km
from Calais: 385 km
from Nice: 519 km
from Bordeaux: 494 km
from Strasbourg: 277 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pimelles): Ancy-le-Libre, Argentenay, Baon, Cruzy-le-Chatel and Gland.
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 Pimelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pimelles