Lys tourism and travel guide
Visit Lys: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsLys is situated in the Nievre department and Burgundy region (now part of the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region), in the eastern-center of France at 52 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Lys is 192 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Corbigny at 12 km and Clamecy at 14 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Lys, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Lys in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Nievre
Map of places to visit near Lys
Markets in and near Lys
- Corbigny: market Friday (12km)
- Clamecy: market Saturday (14km)
- Avallon: market Saturday (28km)
- Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (35km)
- Vermenton: market Friday (36km)
- Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (43km)
- Toucy: market Saturday (49km)
- Saint-Fargeau: market Friday (51km)
- Nevers: market Saturday all day (52km)
- Fourchambault: market Sunday (54km)
More information about Lys, Burgundy
Tourist attractions near Lys, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Lys.
Heritage sites
- Vezelay (17km)
- Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km)
- Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (19km)
- Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (48km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Noyers-sur-Serein (49km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Morvan (38km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (17km)
- Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (17km)
- Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (37km)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (33km)
- Jardin du château de Limanton (41km)
- Parc de Saint-Léger (42km)
- Jardin de la Chaux (47km)
- Forgeneuve (49km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Clamecy (14km)
Towns of Art and history
- Nevers (52km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Pougues-les-Eaux (48km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Lys
from Nevers (prefecture): 52 km
from Paris: 192 km
from Calais: 420 km
from Nice: 496 km
from Bordeaux: 426 km
from Strasbourg: 338 km
Getting here
Lys is in the eastern-center of France. 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 Lys from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amazy, Asnan, Asnois, Challement, Dirol, Flez-Cuzy, Grenois, Metz-le-Comte, Monceaux-le-Comte, Saint-Didier, Talon, Tannay, Teigny and Vignol.
This page in French: Visiter Lys
