Sassenay travel guide
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Visit Sassenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sassenay is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 59 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Sassenay is 296 km from Paris and 510 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 7 km from Sassenay
Popular places to visit near Sassenay: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 7 km and Beaune at 23 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km and Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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 Sassenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sassenay
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 Sassenay.
Note that all distances from Sassenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sassenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sassenay (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 Sassenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (39km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (46km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (48km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (22km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (40km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (45km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (48km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (7km) : Autun (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Sassenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sassenay
Canton: Chalon-sur-Saône-Nord
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71530
Distance to Sassenay
from Macon: 59 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 510 km
from Nice: 393 km
from Bordeaux: 480 km
from Strasbourg: 288 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sassenay): Alleriot, Bey, Chalon-sur-Saone, Chatenoy-en-Bresse, Crissey, Damerey, Fragnes, Gergy, Lessard-le-National, Montcoy, Oslon, Saint-Marcel, Verjux and Virey-le-Grand.
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 Sassenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sassenay