Pontoux travel guide
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Visit Pontoux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontoux is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 72 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Pontoux is 298 km from Paris and 507 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beaune at 24 km from Pontoux
Popular places to visit near Pontoux: these include Beaune at 24 km and Chalon-sur-Saone at 25 km.
Beaune is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 24km and Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) is a listed 'religious monument' at 24km. 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 Pontoux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontoux
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 Pontoux.
Note that all distances from Pontoux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontoux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontoux (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 Pontoux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (35km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (37km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (44km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (46km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (43km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (47km) : Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (24km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (24km) : Quetigny (44km) : Dijon (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (25km) : Dole (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontoux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontoux
Canton: Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71270
Distance to Pontoux
from Macon: 72 km
from Paris: 298 km
from Calais: 507 km
from Nice: 395 km
from Bordeaux: 497 km
from Strasbourg: 271 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontoux): Charnay-les-Chalon, Ciel, Ecuelles, Frontenard, La Villeneuve, Les Bordes, Mont-les-Seurre, Navilly, Palleau, Saunieres, Sermesse and Toutenant.
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 Pontoux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontoux