Sainte-Marie tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Corbigny at 24 km from Sainte-Marie

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Visit Sainte-Marie: highlights and tourist information

Sainte-Marie 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 Sainte-Marie in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Corbigny at 24 km and Nevers at 25 km.

Sainte-Marie, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Corbigny

at 24 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Corbigny guide

Nevers

at 25 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Nevers guide

La Charite-sur-Loire

at 32 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 36 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

Clamecy

at 39 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Clamecy guide

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 45 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Vezelay guide

Vézelay basilica

Church at 45 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Vézelay basilica guide

Sancerre

at 51 km (direction west-north-west), in the Cher department

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

See Sancerre guide

Avallon

at 55 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 65 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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Markets in and near Sainte-Marie

• Corbigny: market Friday (24km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (25km)
• La Machine: market Saturday (25km)
• Fourchambault: market Sunday (29km)
• Decize: market Friday (32km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (39km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (46km)
• Saint-Satur: market Thursday (51km)
• Sancoins: market Wednesday (51km)
• Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (51km)

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Tourist attractions near Sainte-Marie, France

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

Heritage sites

• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
• Vezelay (45km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (45km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (47km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Apremont-sur-Allier (36km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (12km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (28km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (37km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (18km)
• Forgeneuve (23km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (27km)
• Parc floral d'Apremont (38km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (39km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (25km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (26km)

Geography and distances

Sainte-Marie is in the eastern-center of France at 25 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Sainte-Marie is 210 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 Sainte-Marie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Jailly, Lurcy-le-Bourg, Saint-Benin-Des-Bois, Saint-Franchy and Saint-Saulge.

This page in French: Visiter Sainte-Marie