Saint-Germain-Des-Champs tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Germain-Des-Champs: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Germain-Des-Champs 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Champs in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Avallon at 9 km and Vézelay basilica at 15 km.

Saint-Germain-Des-Champs, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Avallon

at 9 km (direction )

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

See Avallon guide

Vézelay basilica

Church at 15 km (direction west-north-west)

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

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Vezelay

Heritage Site at 15 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Vezelay guide

Montreal

at 17 km (direction north-east)

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

See Montreal guide

Corbigny

at 25 km (direction west-south-west), in the Nievre department

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

See Corbigny guide

Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 27 km (direction east-south-east), in the Nievre department

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

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Saulieu

at 27 km (direction east-south-east), in the Cote d'Or department

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

See Saulieu guide

Clamecy

at 31 km (direction west), in the Nievre department

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

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Semur-en-Auxois

at 32 km (direction east-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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Noyers-sur-Serein

Most Beautiful Village at 32 km (direction north-north-east)

The half-timbered houses and riverside setting make Noyers-sur-Serein one of our favourite small towns...

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Montbard

at 39 km (direction east-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 41 km (direction east-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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Chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc

Castle at 44 km (direction north-north-east)

The 15th century castle at Ancy-le-Franc was one of the very first renaissance style...

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Chablis

at 46 km (direction north-north-west)

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

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Markets in and near Saint-Germain-Des-Champs

• Avallon: market Saturday (9km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (23km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (25km)
• Saulieu: market Saturday (27km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (31km)
• Vermenton: market Friday (31km)
• Montbard: market Friday (39km)
• Venarey-les-Laumes: market Wednesday (43km)
• Ancy-le-Franc: market Thursday (44km)
• Auxerre: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (50km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Germain-Des-Champs, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Alesia (45km)

Heritage sites

• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
• Vezelay (15km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
• Fontenay Abbey (43km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Noyers-sur-Serein (32km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (20km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (23km)
• Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (27km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (39km)
• Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (39km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc de Saint-Léger (22km)
• Jardin de la Chaux (30km)
• Jardin du moulin de Athie (30km)
• Potager du château de Lantilly (37km)
• Abbaye de Fontenay (43km)
• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (44km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Sully (61km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (31km)
• Auxerre (50km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Siège d'Alésia (46km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Germain-Des-Champs is in the eastern-center of France at 51 kilometres from Auxerre, the department capital (general information: Saint-Germain-Des-Champs is 199 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 Saint-Germain-Des-Champs from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Chastellux-sur-Cure, Quarre-les-Tombes, Saint-Andre-en-Morvan and Saint-Brancher.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Germain-Des-Champs