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Tancon travel guide

Visit Tancon: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Tancon 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: Tancon is 328 km from Paris and 557 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 15 km from Tancon

Popular places to visit near Tancon: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 15 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 20 km.

Le jardin de Zéphyr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Tancon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tancon, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tancon

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 Tancon.

Note that all distances from Tancon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Tancon and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (8km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (13km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (15km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (17km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (39km) : Parc du château de Laye (39km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (43km) :
2. Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (15km) : Oingt (37km) :
3. Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (8km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (17km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (24km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (32km) :
4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (30km) : Macon (45km) :
5. Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (8km) : Lapalisse (48km) : Trevoux (49km) :
6. Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (37km) :

Map of places to visit near Tancon & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Tancon

Canton: Chauffailles

Arrondissement: Charolles

Department: Saone-et-Loire

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 71740

Distance to Tancon

from Macon: 45 km

from Paris: 328 km

from Calais: 557 km

from Nice: 365 km

from Bordeaux: 406 km

from Strasbourg: 373 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tancon): Chandon, Chassigny-sous-Dun, Chateauneuf, Coublanc, Ecoche, Ligny-en-Brionnais, Maizilly, Mars, Mussy-sous-Dun, Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne, Saint-Edmond, Saint-Igny-de-Roche and Saint-Martin-de-Lixy.

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 Tancon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Tancon