Cessy-les-Bois tourism and travel guide

Photo is of La Charite-sur-Loire at 23 km from Cessy-les-Bois

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Visit Cessy-les-Bois: highlights and tourist information

Cessy-les-Bois 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 Cessy-les-Bois in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include La Charite-sur-Loire at 23 km and Guedelon at 27 km.

Cessy-les-Bois, France: places to visit and attractions

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

La Charite-sur-Loire

at 23 km (direction south-west)

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

See La Charite-sur-Loire guide

Guedelon

at 27 km (direction north-north-west), in the Yonne department

At the remarkable site of Guedelon an entire medieval castle is being reconstructed using...

See Guedelon guide

Clamecy

at 27 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Clamecy guide

Sancerre

at 28 km (direction west), in the Cher department

The pretty village of Sancerre is best known for the famous wines of the...

See Sancerre guide

Corbigny

at 37 km (direction east)

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

See Corbigny guide

Nevers

at 38 km (direction south)

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

See Nevers guide

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 43 km (direction east-north-east), 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 43 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Vézelay basilica guide

Briare

at 48 km (direction west-north-west), in the Loiret department

With the Loire River and the Canal de Briare crossing in the centre of...

See Briare guide

Apremont-sur-Allier

Most Beautiful Village at 50 km (direction south-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

Gien

at 58 km (direction west-north-west), in the Loiret department

To the east of the main Loire Valley, the view across the bridge to...

See Gien guide

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Map of places to visit near Cessy-les-Bois

Markets in and near Cessy-les-Bois

• Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (23km)
• Saint-Satur: market Thursday (27km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (27km)
• Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (31km)
• Saint-Fargeau: market Friday (35km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (37km)
• Beaulieu-sur-Loire: market Wednesday (37km)
• Fourchambault: market Sunday (37km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (38km)
• Vailly-sur-Sauldre: market Friday (44km)

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Tourist attractions near Cessy-les-Bois, France

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

Heritage sites

• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (23km)
• Vezelay (43km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (43km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Sancerre (28km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (8km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (26km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (43km)
• Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (58km)

Remarkable gardens

• Forgeneuve (37km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (46km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (56km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (27km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (38km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (30km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Briare (50km)

Geography and distances

Cessy-les-Bois is in the eastern-center of France at 38 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Cessy-les-Bois is 180 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 Cessy-les-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Colmery, Menou, Saint-Malo-en-Donziois and Sainte-Colombe-Des-Bois.

This page in French: Visiter Cessy-les-Bois