Santenay travel guide
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Visit Santenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Santenay is situated in the Cote d'Or department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 53 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Santenay is 278 km from Paris and 495 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beaune at 17 km from Santenay
Popular places to visit near Santenay: these include Beaune at 17 km and Chalon-sur-Saone at 19 km.
Beaune is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km and Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Santenay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Santenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Santenay
See France This Way travel guides for Cote d'Or and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Santenay.
Note that all distances from Santenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Santenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Santenay (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 Cote d'Or 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 Santenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (20km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (34km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (35km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (41km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (48km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (19km) : Autun (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Santenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Santenay
Canton: Nolay
Arrondissement: Beaune
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21590
Distance to Santenay
from Dijon: 53 km
from Paris: 278 km
from Calais: 495 km
from Nice: 409 km
from Bordeaux: 468 km
from Strasbourg: 295 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Santenay): Bouzeron, Chagny, Chamilly, Change, Chassagne-Montrachet, Chassey-le-Camp, Cheilly-les-Maranges, Cormot-le-Grand, Corpeau, Dennevy, Dezize-les-Maranges, La Rochepot, Nolay, Paris-l'Hopital, Puligny-Montrachet, Remigny, Rully, Saint-Aubin, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Sernin-du-Plain and Sampigny-les-Maranges.
Getting here
Cote d'Or is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk, a drive of about 6 hours, or fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car. For driving distances to Santenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Santenay