Menou tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Clamecy at 21 km from Menou

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Visit Menou: highlights and tourist information

Menou 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 Menou in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Clamecy at 21 km and Guedelon at 25 km.

Menou, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Clamecy

at 21 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Clamecy guide

Guedelon

at 25 km (direction north-north-west), in the Yonne department

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

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La Charite-sur-Loire

at 29 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

Corbigny

at 33 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Corbigny guide

Sancerre

at 33 km (direction west), in the Cher department

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

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Vezelay

Heritage Site at 37 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Vézelay basilica

Church at 37 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Nevers

at 43 km (direction south-south-west)

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

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Avallon

at 49 km (direction east), in the Yonne department

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

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Briare

at 50 km (direction west-north-west), in the Loiret department

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

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Auxerre

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

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

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Gien

at 60 km (direction west-north-west), in the Loiret department

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

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Chablis

at 63 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Map of places to visit near Menou

Markets in and near Menou

• Clamecy: market Saturday (21km)
• Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (27km)
• Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (28km)
• Saint-Satur: market Thursday (32km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (33km)
• Saint-Fargeau: market Friday (34km)
• Beaulieu-sur-Loire: market Wednesday (40km)
• Toucy: market Saturday (41km)
• Fourchambault: market Sunday (42km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (43km)

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Tourist attractions near Menou, France

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

Heritage sites

• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (29km)
• Vezelay (37km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Sancerre (33km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (13km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (24km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (39km)

Remarkable gardens

• Forgeneuve (41km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (45km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (55km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (21km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (43km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (35km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Briare (52km)

Geography and distances

Menou is in the eastern-center of France at 43 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Menou is 179 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 Menou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cessy-les-Bois, Colmery, Couloutre, La Chapelle-Saint-Andre, Menestreau and Oudan.

This page in French: Visiter Menou