Chaumont tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Sens at 16 km from Chaumont

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Visit Chaumont: highlights and tourist information

Chaumont is situated in the Yonne 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 Chaumont in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Sens at 16 km and Moret-sur-Loing at 22 km.

Chaumont, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Sens

at 16 km (direction east-south-east)

Sens is an important regional centre dominated by the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne, the first...

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Moret-sur-Loing

at 22 km (direction west-north-west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

Moret-sur-Loing is a pleasant town with a historic centre close to Fontainebleau...

See Moret-sur-Loing guide

Provins

Heritage Site at 30 km (direction north-east), in the Seine-et-Marne department

The small town of Provins has retained a great deal of its medieval heritage,...

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Fontainebleau

Castle at 31 km (direction west-north-west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

The extraordinary decoration of the numerous rooms and royal apartments at Fontainebleau, and the...

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Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Castle at 39 km (direction west-north-west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte is one of the most important classical style castles in...

See Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte guide

Joigny

at 44 km (direction south-east)

In the centre of the the traditional local town of Joigny you can see...

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Montargis

at 45 km (direction south-west), in the Loiret department

With more than 130 bridges across the numerous canals and rivers in Montargis, it...

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Bellegarde

at 61 km (direction west-south-west), in the Loiret department

Bellegarde is a small traditional town with an atractive moated castle in the centre...

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Pontigny

at 65 km (direction south-east)

The abbey at Pontigny is one of the best known and substantial Cistercian abbeys...

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Map of places to visit near Chaumont

Markets in and near Chaumont

• Villeneuve-la-Guyard: market Monday (3km)
• Pont-sur-Yonne: market Wednesday & Sunday (8km)
• Bray-sur-Seine: market Friday (14km)
• Saint-Valerien: market Saturday (16km)
• Donnemarie-Dontilly: market Monday (17km)
• Sens: market Wednesday & Monday all day & Friday (19km)
• Moret-sur-Loing: market Tuesday (22km)
• Egreville: market Monday (24km)
• Champagne-sur-Seine: market Thursday & Saturday (24km)
• Nangis: market Wednesday & Saturday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Chaumont, France

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

Heritage sites

• Fontainebleau Palace (31km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Motte-Tilly (29km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Moret-sur-Loing (22km)
• Provins (30km)
• Joigny (38km)
• Montargis (45km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (25km)
• Collegiale Saint Quiriace (Provins) (30km)
• Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (41km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Thorigny (22km)
• Domaine national de Fontainebleau (31km)
• Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (39km)
• Jardin botanique de Marnay-sur-Seine (40km)
• Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (44km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de la Traconne (54km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Sens (19km)
• Melun (41km)
• Le Mee-sur-Seine (42km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc des félins (big cats) (44km)

Geography and distances

Chaumont is in the eastern-center of France at 68 kilometres from Auxerre, the department capital (general information: Chaumont is 81 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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 Chaumont from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Barbey, Champigny, Courlon-sur-Yonne, Misy-sur-Yonne, Saint-Agnan, Villeblevin, Villemanoche, Villeneuve-la-Guyard and Vinneuf.

This page in French: Visiter Chaumont