Empury tourism and travel guide

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Visit Empury: highlights and tourist information

Empury 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 Empury in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Vezelay at 14 km and Vézelay basilica at 14 km.

Empury, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 14 km (direction north-north-west), 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 14 km (direction north-north-west), in the Yonne department

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

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Corbigny

at 15 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Corbigny guide

Avallon

at 17 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

Clamecy

at 26 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Montreal

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

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

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Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 32 km (direction east)

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

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Saulieu

at 32 km (direction east), in the Cote d'Or department

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

See Saulieu guide

Noyers-sur-Serein

Most Beautiful Village at 41 km (direction north-north-east), in the Yonne department

The half-timbered houses and riverside setting make Noyers-sur-Serein one of our favourite small towns...

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Semur-en-Auxois

at 42 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...

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Montbard

at 49 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

A typical regional town, we suggest you take a stroll around the Parc Buffon...

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Fontenay Abbey

Abbey at 51 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

The complex of buildings at the Abbey de Fontenay, and the surrounding gardens and...

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Auxerre

at 53 km (direction north-north-west), in the Yonne department

With its cathedral and churches, and extensive historic centre with half-timbered houses and an...

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Chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc

Castle at 53 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

The 15th century castle at Ancy-le-Franc was one of the very first renaissance style...

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Markets in and near Empury

• Corbigny: market Friday (15km)
• Avallon: market Saturday (17km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (22km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (26km)
• Saulieu: market Saturday (32km)
• Vermenton: market Friday (35km)
• Montbard: market Friday (50km)
• Autun: market Wednesday & Friday (57km)
• Toucy: market Saturday (58km)

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Tourist attractions near Empury, France

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

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (14km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (14km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
• Fontenay Abbey (53km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Noyers-sur-Serein (41km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (23km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (13km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (29km)
• Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (32km)
• Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (49km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de Saint-Léger (26km)
• Jardin de la Chaux (32km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (35km)
• Jardin du moulin de Athie (40km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (41km)
• Potager du château de Lantilly (47km)
• Abbaye de Fontenay (53km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (26km)
• Autun (57km)

Geography and distances

Empury is in the eastern-center of France at 64 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Empury is 200 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 Empury from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bazoches, Chastellux-sur-Cure, Domecy-sur-Cure, Magny-Lormes, Neuffontaines, Pouques-Lormes, Saint-Andre-en-Morvan, Saint-Aubin-Des-Chaumes and Saint-Martin-du-Puy.

This page in French: Visiter Empury