Saint-Pere travel guide
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Visit Saint-Pere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Pere is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Pere is 187 km from Paris and 412 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Pere: these include Vezelay at 1 km and Avallon at 11 km.
Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km. 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 Saint-Pere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Pere
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Pere.
Note that all distances from Saint-Pere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Pere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Pere (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 Saint-Pere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Saint-Léger (35km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (39km) : Jardin de la Chaux (42km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (46km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (24km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (34km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (40km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (1km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Pere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Père
Canton: Vézelay
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89450
Distance to Saint-Pere
from Auxerre: 40 km
from Paris: 187 km
from Calais: 412 km
from Nice: 499 km
from Bordeaux: 444 km
from Strasbourg: 322 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Pere): Asquins, Domecy-sur-le-Vault, Foissy-les-Vezelay, Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay, Menades, Pierre-Perthuis, Tharoiseau and Vezelay.
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 Saint-Pere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Pere