Vitry-sur-Loire travel guide
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Visit Vitry-sur-Loire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vitry-sur-Loire is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 96 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Vitry-sur-Loire is 262 km from Paris and 494 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moulins at 31 km from Vitry-sur-Loire
Popular places to visit near Vitry-sur-Loire: these include Moulins at 31 km and Paray-le-Monial at 41 km.
Moulins is a listed 'town of art and history' at 31km and Arboretum de Balaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 35km. 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 Vitry-sur-Loire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vitry-sur-LoireSee France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vitry-sur-Loire.
Note that all distances from Vitry-sur-Loire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vitry-sur-Loire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vitry-sur-Loire (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 Vitry-sur-Loire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (35km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (35km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (41km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (39km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (40km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (48km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Vitry-sur-Loire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vitry-sur-Loire
Canton: Bourbon-Lancy
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71140
Distance to Vitry-sur-Loire
from Macon: 96 km
from Paris: 262 km
from Calais: 494 km
from Nice: 433 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 369 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vitry-sur-Loire): Cronat, Garnat-sur-Engievre, Lesme and Saint-Martin-Des-Lais.
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 Vitry-sur-Loire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vitry-sur-Loire
