Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Guedelon at 8 km from Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

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Visit Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye 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 Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Guedelon at 8 km and Briare at 28 km.

Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Guedelon

at 8 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Briare

at 28 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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Sancerre

at 28 km (direction south-west), in the Cher department

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

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Clamecy

at 34 km (direction east)

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

See Clamecy guide

Gien

at 37 km (direction west-north-west), in the Loiret department

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

See Gien guide

La Charite-sur-Loire

at 39 km (direction south)

In La Charité-sur-Loire you can visit the abbey church and other monastery buildings...

See La Charite-sur-Loire guide

Auxerre

at 48 km (direction east-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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Aubigny-sur-Nere

at 48 km (direction west), in the Cher department

It is the multi-turreted castle and the Scottish connection that explain the popularity of...

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Corbigny

at 55 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Pontigny

at 64 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Map of places to visit near Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

Markets in and near Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

• Saint-Fargeau: market Friday (12km)
• Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (13km)
• Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (17km)
• Beaulieu-sur-Loire: market Wednesday (19km)
• Bleneau: market Tuesday (21km)
• Chatillon-sur-Loire: market Thursday (25km)
• Saint-Satur: market Thursday (27km)
• Toucy: market Saturday (28km)
• Briare: market Friday (29km)
• Vailly-sur-Sauldre: market Friday (33km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, France

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

Heritage sites

• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (39km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Sancerre (28km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (18km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (48km)
• Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (57km)

Remarkable gardens

• Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (37km)
• Arboretum national des Barres (41km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (35km)
• Auxerre (47km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Briare (29km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye is in the eastern-center of France at 60 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye is 157 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 Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Arquian, Bitry, Dampierre-sous-Bouhy and Saint-Verain.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye