Vezelay travel guide
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Visit Vezelay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vezelay is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 39 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Vezelay is 186 km from Paris and 411 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vezelay (page also includes a photo gallery for Vezelay)
Popular places to visit near Vezelay: these include Vezelay at 1 km and Avallon at 13 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vezelay: Vezelay has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vezelay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vezelay
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vezelay.
Note that all distances from Vezelay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vezelay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vezelay (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 Vezelay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Saint-Léger (37km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (40km) : Jardin de la Chaux (44km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (46km) : Potager du château de Lantilly (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (25km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (33km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (42km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (48km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (1km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Vezelay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vézelay
Canton: Vézelay
Arrondissement: Avallon
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89450
Distance to Vezelay
from Auxerre: 39 km
from Paris: 186 km
from Calais: 411 km
from Nice: 500 km
from Bordeaux: 442 km
from Strasbourg: 323 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vezelay): Asquins, Domecy-sur-le-Vault, Foissy-les-Vezelay, Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay, Pierre-Perthuis, Saint-Pere and Tharoiseau.
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 Vezelay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vezelay