Tonnerre travel guide
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Visit Tonnerre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tonnerre is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 31 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Tonnerre is 164 km from Paris and 377 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tonnerre (page also includes a photo gallery for Tonnerre)
Popular places to visit near Tonnerre: these include Tanlay castle at 9 km and Chablis at 14 km.
Noyers-sur-Serein is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km and Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Tonnerre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tonnerre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tonnerre
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tonnerre.
Note that all distances from Tonnerre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tonnerre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tonnerre (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 Tonnerre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré (26km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (38km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (39km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (18km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (28km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (37km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (39km) : Vezelay (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Tonnerre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tonnerre
Canton: Tonnerre
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89700
Distance to Tonnerre
from Auxerre: 31 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 377 km
from Nice: 528 km
from Bordeaux: 484 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 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tonnerre): Cheney, Dannemoine, Epineuil, Junay, Molosmes, Serrigny, Tissey, Vezinnes and Viviers.
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 Tonnerre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tonnerre