Semelay travel guide
Visit Semelay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Autun at 36 km from Semelay
Location: Semelay is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 55 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Semelay is 249 km from Paris and 478 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Semelay: these include Autun at 36 km and Moulins at 51 km. Bibracte-Mont Beuvray is a listed grand site of france at 16 km and Jardin du château de Limanton is a listed remarkable garden at 18 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 Semelay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Semelay
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Semelay.
Note that all distances from Semelay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Semelay 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 Nievre gites and villas
Markets near Semelay
- La Machine: market every Saturday (30km)
- Decize: market every Friday (30km)
- Gueugnon: market every Thursday (32km)
- Autun: market every Wednesday & Friday (35km)
- Dompierre-sur-Besbre: market every Saturday (39km)
- Montceau-les-Mines: market every Tuesday & Saturday (43km)
- Yzeure: market every Wednesday (49km)
- Moulins: market every Tuesday & Friday (51km)
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 Semelay and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Semelay map below.
Grand Site Of France Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (16km)
Religious Monument Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (36km); Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (38km); Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (52km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Limanton (18km); Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (27km); Jardin du château de Digoine (44km); Jardin de la Chaux (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Autun (35km)
Theme Park Le PAL (39km)
Town Of Art And History Autun (36km); Moulins (51km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc d'Attractions et Animalier (PAL) (42km)
Map of places to visit near Semelay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sémelay
Canton: Luzy
Arrondissement: Château-Chinon(Ville)
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58360
Distance to Semelay
from Nevers (local prefecture): 55 km
from Paris: 249 km
from Calais: 478 km
from Nice: 440 km
from Bordeaux: 409 km
from Strasbourg: 350 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Semelay): Avree, Lanty and Remilly.
Getting here
Nievre 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, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Semelay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Semelay