Montsauche-les-Settons tourism and travel guide

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Visit Montsauche-les-Settons: highlights and tourist information

Montsauche-les-Settons 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 Montsauche-les-Settons in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Saulieu at 17 km and Morvan Regional Park at 17 km.

Montsauche-les-Settons, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Saulieu

at 17 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

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

See Saulieu guide

Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 17 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Corbigny

at 26 km (direction west)

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

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Avallon

at 32 km (direction north-north-west), in the Yonne department

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

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Vezelay

Heritage Site at 35 km (direction north-west), 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 35 km (direction north-west), in the Yonne department

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

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Autun

at 36 km (direction south-east), in the Saone-et-Loire department

After exploring Autun with its old town, cathedral and roman ruins you can visit...

See Autun guide

Montreal

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

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

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Semur-en-Auxois

at 38 km (direction 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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Chateauneuf-en-Auxois

Most Beautiful Village at 46 km (direction east), in the Cote d'Or department

The village of Chateauneuf-sur-Auxois, one of the 'most beautiful villages in France', also has...

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Clamecy

at 47 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Flavigny

Most Beautiful Village at 50 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

The village of Flavigny retains an ancient centre surrounded by fortified walls, and a...

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Montbard

at 51 km (direction 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 52 km (direction 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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Markets in and near Montsauche-les-Settons

Market days in Montsauche-les-Settons: weekly market: Thursday all day;

• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (0km)
• Saulieu: market Saturday (17km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (26km)
• Avallon: market Saturday (32km)
• Autun: market Wednesday & Friday (35km)
• Epinac: market Wednesday & Sunday (44km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (47km)
• Venarey-les-Laumes: market Wednesday (49km)
• La Machine: market Saturday (56km)
• Decize: market Friday (61km)

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Tourist attractions near Montsauche-les-Settons, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (32km)
• Alesia (50km)

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (35km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Flavigny (50km)

National Monuments

• Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (54km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (9km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (17km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (21km)
• Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (36km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (40km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de Saint-Léger (11km)
• Jardin de la Chaux (12km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (33km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (33km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Sully (41km)
• Jardin du moulin de Athie (43km)
• Potager du château de Lantilly (45km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Autun (35km)
• Clamecy (47km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Bibracte (32km)
• Siège d'Alésia (51km)

Geography and distances

Montsauche-les-Settons is in the eastern-center of France at 70 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Montsauche-les-Settons is 221 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 Montsauche-les-Settons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Gouloux and Ouroux-en-Morvan.

This page in French: Visiter Montsauche-les-Settons