Saint-Maurice tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Corbigny at 19 km from Saint-Maurice

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Visit Saint-Maurice: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Maurice 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-Maurice in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Corbigny at 19 km and Nevers at 34 km.

Saint-Maurice, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Corbigny

at 19 km (direction north-east)

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

See Corbigny guide

Nevers

at 34 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Nevers guide

Clamecy

at 39 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Clamecy guide

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 42 km (direction north-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 42 km (direction north-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Vézelay basilica guide

La Charite-sur-Loire

at 42 km (direction west)

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

See La Charite-sur-Loire guide

Apremont-sur-Allier

Most Beautiful Village at 44 km (direction west-south-west), in the Cher department

The story of the renewal of Apremont-sur-Allier is fascinating, and leads us to the...

See Apremont-sur-Allier guide

Avallon

at 50 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Avallon guide

Montreal

at 60 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Montreal guide

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Map of places to visit near Saint-Maurice

Markets in and near Saint-Maurice

• Corbigny: market Friday (18km)
• La Machine: market Saturday (25km)
• Decize: market Friday (32km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (33km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (37km)
• Fourchambault: market Sunday (38km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (39km)
• Avallon: market Saturday (50km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Maurice, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (41km)

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (42km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Apremont-sur-Allier (44km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (44km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (13km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (21km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (45km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (9km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (18km)
• Forgeneuve (31km)
• Parc floral d'Apremont (45km)
• Parc de Saint-Léger (47km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (39km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Bibracte (41km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (34km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (36km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Maurice is in the eastern-center of France at 33 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Saint-Maurice is 215 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-Maurice from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bazolles, Crux-la-Ville, Mont-et-Marre, Montapas and Saint-Saulge.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Maurice