Achun tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Corbigny at 15 km from Achun

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Visit Achun: highlights and tourist information

Achun is situated in the Nievre department and Burgundy-Franche-Comté region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Achun in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Corbigny at 15 km and Vezelay at 38 km.

Achun, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Corbigny

at 15 km (direction )

Corbigny, on the edge of the Morvan Regional Parc, includes an abbey among its...

See Corbigny guide

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 38 km (direction ), in the Yonne department

Even if it didn't have one of the most famous abbeys in France, Vezelay...

See Vezelay guide

Vézelay basilica

Church at 38 km (direction ), in the Yonne department

The basilica in Vézelay is a monumental example of roman style architecture, with 12th...

See Vézelay basilica guide

Clamecy

at 39 km (direction north-north-west)

The Collegiale Saint-Martin is the principal monument here in the historic centre of Clamecy...

See Clamecy guide

Nevers

at 42 km (direction west-south-west)

The ancient centre of Nevers contains several interesting monuments and houses dating from the...

See Nevers guide

Avallon

at 44 km (direction north-north-east), in the Yonne department

Avallon is a very pleasant town to explore with some very imposing medieval buildings,...

See Avallon guide

Saulieu

at 45 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

Saulieu is quite a small town, visited because of the Basilica Saint-Andoche...

See Saulieu guide

Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 45 km (direction east-north-east)

Morvan Regional Natural Park is a quiet region of unspoiled countryside with small fields,...

See Morvan Regional Park guide

La Charite-sur-Loire

at 50 km (direction west)

In La Charité-sur-Loire you can visit the abbey church and other monastery buildings...

See La Charite-sur-Loire guide

Autun

at 51 km (direction east-south-east), in the Saone-et-Loire department

After exploring Autun with its old town, cathedral and roman ruins you can visit...

See Autun guide

Apremont-sur-Allier

Most Beautiful Village at 52 km (direction west-south-west), in the Cher department

The story of the renewal of Apremont-sur-Allier is fascinating, and leads us to the...

See Apremont-sur-Allier guide

Montreal

at 54 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

Behind its fortified entrance, the small village of Montreal is a very unspoiled medieval...

See Montreal guide

Semur-en-Auxois

at 64 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

One of the prettiest of the Burgundy villages, Semur-en-Auxois has a very lively and...

See Semur-en-Auxois guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Nievre

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Map of places to visit near Achun

Markets in and near Achun

• Corbigny: market Friday (15km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (28km)
• La Machine: market Saturday (31km)
• Decize: market Friday (37km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (39km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (42km)
• Avallon: market Saturday (44km)
• Saulieu: market Saturday (45km)

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Tourist attractions near Achun, France

What to do at Achun? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Achun.

Grand sites of France

• Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (35km)

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (38km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (36km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (14km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (17km)
• Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (45km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (51km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (8km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (15km)
• Jardin de la Chaux (39km)
• Parc de Saint-Léger (39km)
• Forgeneuve (40km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (39km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Bibracte (35km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (42km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (44km)

Geography and distances

Achun is in the eastern-center of France at 42 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Achun is 217 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Achun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aunay-en-Bazois, Bazolles, La Collancelle, Mont-et-Marre and Ougny.

This page in French: Visiter Achun