Vauban travel guide
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Visit Vauban: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vauban is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 47 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Vauban is 321 km from Paris and 550 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 10 km from Vauban
Popular places to visit near Vauban: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 10 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 14 km.
Jardin du château de Chaumont is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Les Jardins du château de Drée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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 Vauban, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vauban
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 Vauban.
Note that all distances from Vauban shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vauban holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vauban (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 Vauban and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Chaumont (8km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (9km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (10km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (11km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (32km) : Parc du château de Laye (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (10km) : Oingt (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (10km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (13km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (14km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (17km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (23km) : Macon (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (12km) : Lapalisse (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Vauban & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vauban
Canton: Clayette
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71800
Distance to Vauban
from Macon: 47 km
from Paris: 321 km
from Calais: 550 km
from Nice: 372 km
from Bordeaux: 406 km
from Strasbourg: 370 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 Vauban): Baudemont, Briant, Chassigny-sous-Dun, Chateauneuf, La Chapelle-sous-Dun, La Clayette, Ligny-en-Brionnais, Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais and Vareilles.
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 Vauban from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vauban