Saint-Yan travel guide
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Visit Saint-Yan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Yan is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 62 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Yan is 300 km from Paris and 529 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 7 km from Saint-Yan
Popular places to visit near Saint-Yan: these include Paray-le-Monial at 7 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 10 km.
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Saint-Yan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Yan
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 Saint-Yan.
Note that all distances from Saint-Yan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Yan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Yan (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 Saint-Yan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (12km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (15km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (20km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (24km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (17km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (7km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (12km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (23km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (7km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (30km) : Lapalisse (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Yan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Yan
Canton: Paray-le-Monial
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71600
Distance to Saint-Yan
from Macon: 62 km
from Paris: 300 km
from Calais: 529 km
from Nice: 394 km
from Bordeaux: 399 km
from Strasbourg: 369 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Yan): Chassenard, Varenne-Saint-Germain, Versaugues and Vitry-en-Charollais.
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 Saint-Yan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Yan