Saulieu travel guide
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Visit Saulieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saulieu is situated in the Cote d'Or department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 61 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Saulieu is 224 km from Paris and 443 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saulieu
Popular places to visit near Saulieu: these include Semur-en-Auxois at 25 km and Chateauneuf-en-Auxois at 32 km.
Parc de Saint-Léger is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Morvan is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saulieu: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*; Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire de l'Auxois region;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saulieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saulieu
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 Saulieu.
Note that all distances from Saulieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saulieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saulieu (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 Saulieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Saint-Léger (7km) : Jardin de la Chaux (10km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (31km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (32km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (35km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (38km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (40km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (42km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (49km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (32km) : Flavigny (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (36km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (38km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (39km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (42km) : Vezelay (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Autun (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (35km) : Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Saulieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saulieu
Canton: Saulieu
Arrondissement: Montbard
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21210
Distance to Saulieu
from Dijon: 61 km
from Paris: 224 km
from Calais: 443 km
from Nice: 463 km
from Bordeaux: 460 km
from Strasbourg: 299 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 Saulieu): Morvan Regional Park, Saint-Didier, Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer and Villargoix.
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 Saulieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saulieu