Pontigny travel guide
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Visit Pontigny: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontigny is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Pontigny is 146 km from Paris and 364 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Pontigny
Popular places to visit near Pontigny: these include Chablis at 12 km and Auxerre at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km. 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 Pontigny, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontigny
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontigny.
Note that all distances from Pontigny shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontigny holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontigny (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 Pontigny and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré (39km) : Parc du château de Thorigny (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (8km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Sens (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (16km) : Joigny (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontigny & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontigny
Canton: Ligny-le-Châtel
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89230
Distance to Pontigny
from Auxerre: 16 km
from Paris: 146 km
from Calais: 364 km
from Nice: 543 km
from Bordeaux: 474 km
from Strasbourg: 308 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontigny): Hery, Lignorelles, Ligny-le-Chatel, Maligny, Montigny-la-Resle, Rouvray, Varennes, Venouse, Villeneuve-Saint-Salves and Villy.
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 Pontigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontigny