Sommant travel guide
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Visit Sommant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sommant is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 95 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Sommant is 245 km from Paris and 467 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Autun at 12 km from Sommant
Popular places to visit near Sommant: these include Autun at 12 km and Saulieu at 26 km.
Autun is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km and Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sommant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sommant
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 Sommant.
Note that all distances from Sommant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sommant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sommant (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 Sommant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la Chaux (17km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (20km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (26km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (37km) : Abbaye de la Bussière (42km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (43km) : Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (13km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (41km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (47km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (48km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Autun (12km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Sommant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sommant
Canton: Lucenay-l'Évêque
Arrondissement: Autun
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71540
Distance to Sommant
from Macon: 95 km
from Paris: 245 km
from Calais: 467 km
from Nice: 442 km
from Bordeaux: 445 km
from Strasbourg: 314 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sommant): Cussy-en-Morvan, La Celle-en-Morvan, La Petite-Verriere, Lucenay-l'Eveque, Reclesne and Tavernay.
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 Sommant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sommant