Villeneuve-les-Genets travel guide
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Visit Villeneuve-les-Genets: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villeneuve-les-Genets is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 36 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Villeneuve-les-Genets is 136 km from Paris and 368 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Guedelon at 18 km from Villeneuve-les-Genets
Popular places to visit near Villeneuve-les-Genets: these include Guedelon at 18 km and Briare at 28 km.
Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km and Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villeneuve-les-Genets, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villeneuve-les-Genets
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villeneuve-les-Genets.
Note that all distances from Villeneuve-les-Genets shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villeneuve-les-Genets holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villeneuve-les-Genets (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 Villeneuve-les-Genets and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (24km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Joigny (32km) : Auxerre (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (39km) : Sancerre (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Villeneuve-les-Genets & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villeneuve-les-Genêts
Canton: Bléneau
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89350
Distance to Villeneuve-les-Genets
from Auxerre: 36 km
from Paris: 136 km
from Calais: 368 km
from Nice: 553 km
from Bordeaux: 428 km
from Strasbourg: 358 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villeneuve-les-Genets): Champignelles, Mezilles and Tannerre-en-Puisaye.
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 Villeneuve-les-Genets from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villeneuve-les-Genets