Foissy-les-Vezelay tourism and travel guide

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Visit Foissy-les-Vezelay: highlights and tourist information

Foissy-les-Vezelay 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 Foissy-les-Vezelay in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Vezelay at 4 km and Vézelay basilica at 4 km.

Foissy-les-Vezelay, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 4 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Vézelay basilica

Church at 4 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Avallon

at 12 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Clamecy

at 19 km (direction west), in the Nievre department

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

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Corbigny

at 21 km (direction south-south-west), in the Nievre department

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

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Montreal

at 24 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Noyers-sur-Serein

Most Beautiful Village at 34 km (direction north-east)

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

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Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 39 km (direction east-south-east), in the Nievre department

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

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Saulieu

at 39 km (direction east-south-east), in the Cote d'Or department

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

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Chablis

at 42 km (direction east-south-east)

Best known for the very famous wines of the same name, Chablis is also...

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Auxerre

at 43 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Semur-en-Auxois

at 43 km (direction 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 48 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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Chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc

Castle at 48 km (direction north-east)

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

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Markets in and near Foissy-les-Vezelay

• Avallon: market Saturday (13km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (18km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (21km)
• Vermenton: market Friday (25km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (32km)
• Saulieu: market Saturday (39km)
• Chablis: market Sunday (42km)
• Auxerre: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (42km)
• Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (47km)
• Ancy-le-Franc: market Thursday (48km)

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Tourist attractions near Foissy-les-Vezelay, France

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

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (4km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (4km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (5km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Noyers-sur-Serein (34km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (31km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (22km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (32km)
• Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (39km)
• Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (48km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de Saint-Léger (34km)
• Jardin du moulin de Athie (40km)
• Jardin de la Chaux (41km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (43km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (18km)
• Auxerre (42km)

Geography and distances

Foissy-les-Vezelay is in the eastern-center of France at 43 kilometres from Auxerre, the department capital (general information: Foissy-les-Vezelay is 190 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 Foissy-les-Vezelay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Asquins, Domecy-sur-Cure, Fontenay-Pres-Vezelay, Menades, Nuars, Pierre-Perthuis, Saint-Aubin-Des-Chaumes, Saint-Pere, Tharoiseau and Vezelay.

This page in French: Visiter Foissy-les-Vezelay