Provency travel guide
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Visit Provency: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Provency is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Provency is 188 km from Paris and 408 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montreal at 6 km from Provency
Popular places to visit near Provency: these include Montreal at 6 km and Avallon at 7 km.
Noyers-sur-Serein is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 17km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 18km. 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 Provency, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Provency
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Provency.
Note that all distances from Provency shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Provency holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Provency (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 Provency and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (23km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (32km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (33km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (34km) : Jardin de la Chaux (42km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (17km) : Flavigny (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (18km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (30km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (37km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (18km) : Fontenay Abbey (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Provency & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Provency
Canton: Isle-sur-Serein
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89200
Distance to Provency
from Auxerre: 40 km
from Paris: 188 km
from Calais: 408 km
from Nice: 499 km
from Bordeaux: 461 km
from Strasbourg: 305 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Provency): Angely, Annay-la-Cote, Anneot, Athie, Avallon, Coutarnoux, Dissangis, Etaule, Lucy-le-Bois, Sainte-Colombe, Sauvigny-le-Bois, Sceaux and Thory.
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 Provency from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Provency