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Visit Tournus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tournus is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 30 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Tournus is 319 km from Paris and 536 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tournus (page also includes a photo gallery for Tournus)
Tournus reviews and comments:
Tournus, France Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by james carter on
Popular places to visit near Tournus: these include Brancion at 9 km and Cormatin at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Tournus: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Tournus has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tournus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tournus
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 Tournus.
Note that all distances from Tournus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tournus holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tournus (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 Tournus and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (13km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (25km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (27km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (34km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (30km) : Vonnas (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (24km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Tournus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tournus
Canton: Tournus
Arrondissement: Mâcon
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71700
Distance to Tournus
from Macon: 30 km
from Paris: 319 km
from Calais: 536 km
from Nice: 368 km
from Bordeaux: 467 km
from Strasbourg: 310 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tournus): Boyer, Chardonnay, Farges-les-Macon, Jugy, La Truchere, Lacrost, Le Villars, Mancey, Ozenay, Plottes, Prety and Vers.
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 Tournus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tournus