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Visit Sens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sens is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Sens is 100 km from Paris and 323 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Sens
Popular places to visit near Sens: these include Sens at 5 km and Joigny at 26 km.
Parc du château de Thorigny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Joigny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sens: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sens
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sens.
Note that all distances from Sens shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sens (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 Yonne 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 Sens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Thorigny (14km) : Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (37km) : Jardin botanique de Marnay-sur-Seine (40km) : Domaine national de Fontainebleau (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Motte-Tilly (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (38km) : Collegiale Saint Quiriace (Provins) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (41km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Provins (40km) : Fontainebleau Palace (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Joigny (22km) : Auxerre (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Moret-sur-Loing (40km) : Montargis (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Sens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sens
Canton: Sens
Arrondissement: Sens
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89100
Distance to Sens
from Auxerre: 50 km
from Paris: 100 km
from Calais: 323 km
from Nice: 587 km
from Bordeaux: 476 km
from Strasbourg: 332 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sens): Collemiers, Courtois-sur-Yonne, Gron, Maillot, Malay-le-Grand, Nailly, Paron, Saint-Clement, Saint-Denis, Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, Saligny, Soucy, Subligny and Villenavotte.
Getting here
Yonne is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris orly or Charles de Gaulle airports and rent a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 5 - 6 hours driving time. For driving distances to Sens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sens