Sornay travel guide
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Visit Sornay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sornay is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 45 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Sornay is 326 km from Paris and 539 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tournus at 22 km from Sornay
Popular places to visit near Sornay: these include Tournus at 22 km and Lons-le-Saunier at 29 km.
Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km and Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 30km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sornay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sornay
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 Sornay.
Note that all distances from Sornay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sornay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sornay (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 Sornay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (31km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (37km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (35km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (47km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (47km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (45km) : Vonnas (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Sornay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sornay
Canton: Louhans
Arrondissement: Louhans
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71500
Distance to Sornay
from Macon: 45 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 539 km
from Nice: 364 km
from Bordeaux: 489 km
from Strasbourg: 291 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sornay): Bantanges, Branges, Bruailles, Juif, La Chapelle-Naude, Louhans, Menetreuil, Montret, Saint-Usuge, Savigny-sur-Seille and Vincelles.
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 Sornay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sornay