Villefranche travel guide
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Visit Villefranche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villefranche is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 37 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Villefranche is 117 km from Paris and 347 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Joigny at 21 km from Villefranche
Popular places to visit near Villefranche: these include Joigny at 21 km and Auxerre at 36 km.
Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Joigny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km. 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 Villefranche, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefranche
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefranche.
Note that all distances from Villefranche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villefranche holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefranche (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 Villefranche and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (11km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (33km) : Parc du château de Thorigny (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (35km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Sens (31km) : Briare (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Joigny (13km) : Auxerre (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Villefranche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villefranche
Canton: Charny
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89120
Distance to Villefranche
from Auxerre: 37 km
from Paris: 117 km
from Calais: 347 km
from Nice: 570 km
from Bordeaux: 447 km
from Strasbourg: 349 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefranche): Charny, Chene-Arnoult, Chevillon, Cudot, Dicy, Douchy, Montcorbon and Prunoy.
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 Villefranche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villefranche