Saulieu travel guide
Visit Saulieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Saulieu travel guide
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).
Market days in Saulieu: weekly market: Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Saulieu: these include Morvan Regional Park at 0 km and Semur-en-Auxois at 25 km. Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) is a listed religious monument at 0 km and Parc de Saint-Léger is a listed remarkable garden at 7 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Saulieu
- Saulieu: market every Saturday (0km)
- Montsauche-les-Settons: market every Thursday all day (17km)
- Avallon: market every Saturday (34km)
- Venarey-les-Laumes: market every Wednesday (34km)
- Autun: market every Wednesday & Friday (37km)
- Epinac: market every Wednesday & Sunday (39km)
- Bligny-sur-Ouche: market every Wednesday (39km)
- Montbard: market every Friday (39km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saulieu map below.
Grand Site Of France Alesia (35km); Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (42km)
Heritage Site Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km); Vezelay (42km); Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
Most Beautiful Village Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (32km); Flavigny (34km)
National Monument Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (38km)
Regional Natural Parc Morvan (10km)
Religious Monument Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (0km); Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (36km); Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (38km); Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (39km)
Remarkable Garden 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)
Secteur Sauvegarde Autun (37km); Vezelay (42km)
Town Of Art And History Autun (37km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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