Vassy travel guide
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Visit Vassy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vassy is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 51 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Vassy is 197 km from Paris and 412 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montreal at 10 km from Vassy
Popular places to visit near Vassy: these include Montreal at 10 km and Montbard at 14 km.
Jardin du moulin de Athie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Vassy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vassy
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vassy.
Note that all distances from Vassy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vassy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vassy (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 Vassy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du moulin de Athie (6km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (16km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (18km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (32km) : Jardin de la Chaux (41km) :
- National Monuments: Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (19km) : Flavigny (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (14km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (32km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontenay Abbey (18km) : Vezelay (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chatillon-sur-Seine (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Alesia (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Vassy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vassy
Canton: Guillon
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89420
Distance to Vassy
from Auxerre: 51 km
from Paris: 197 km
from Calais: 412 km
from Nice: 493 km
from Bordeaux: 475 km
from Strasbourg: 289 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 Vassy): Bard-les-Epoisses, Corrombles, Corsaint, Fain-les-Moutiers, Marmeaux, Moutiers-Saint-Jean, Pisy, Santigny and Vignes.
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 Vassy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vassy