Plessis-Saint-Jean tourism and travel guide

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Visit Plessis-Saint-Jean: highlights and tourist information

Plessis-Saint-Jean 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 Plessis-Saint-Jean in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Sens at 12 km and Provins at 23 km.

Plessis-Saint-Jean, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Sens

at 12 km (direction south-south-west)

Sens is an important regional centre dominated by the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne, the first...

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Provins

Heritage Site at 23 km (direction south-south-west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

The small town of Provins has retained a great deal of its medieval heritage,...

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Moret-sur-Loing

at 37 km (direction west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

Moret-sur-Loing is a pleasant town with a historic centre close to Fontainebleau...

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Joigny

at 41 km (direction south-south-east)

In the centre of the the traditional local town of Joigny you can see...

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Fontainebleau

Castle at 45 km (direction west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

The extraordinary decoration of the numerous rooms and royal apartments at Fontainebleau, and the...

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Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Castle at 50 km (direction west-north-west), in the Seine-et-Marne department

The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte is one of the most important classical style castles in...

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Pontigny

at 58 km (direction south-east)

The abbey at Pontigny is one of the best known and substantial Cistercian abbeys...

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Montargis

at 58 km (direction west-south-west), in the Loiret department

With more than 130 bridges across the numerous canals and rivers in Montargis, it...

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Markets in and near Plessis-Saint-Jean

• Bray-sur-Seine: market Friday (9km)
• Pont-sur-Yonne: market Wednesday & Sunday (11km)
• Sens: market Wednesday & Monday all day & Friday (17km)
• Villeneuve-la-Guyard: market Monday (18km)
• Donnemarie-Dontilly: market Monday (20km)
• Nogent-sur-Seine: market Wednesday (21km)
• Villeneuve-l'Archeveque: market Saturday (23km)
• Saint-Valerien: market Saturday (25km)
• Villeneuve-sur-Yonne: market Tuesday & Friday (30km)
• Palis: market Thursday (31km)

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Tourist attractions near Plessis-Saint-Jean, France

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

Heritage sites

• Fontainebleau Palace (45km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Motte-Tilly (16km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Provins (23km)
• Moret-sur-Loing (37km)
• Joigny (39km)
• Montargis (58km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (22km)
• Collegiale Saint Quiriace (Provins) (23km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Thorigny (9km)
• Jardin botanique de Marnay-sur-Seine (26km)
• Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (50km)
• Entre Cour et Jardin (51km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de la Traconne (42km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Sens (17km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc des félins (big cats) (48km)

Geography and distances

Plessis-Saint-Jean is in the eastern-center of France at 64 kilometres from Auxerre, the department capital (general information: Plessis-Saint-Jean is 90 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 Plessis-Saint-Jean from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Baby, Compigny, Michery, Montigny-le-Guesdier, Pailly and Sergines.

This page in French: Visiter Plessis-Saint-Jean