Sauvigny-le-Bois tourism and travel guide

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Visit Sauvigny-le-Bois: highlights and tourist information

Sauvigny-le-Bois 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 Sauvigny-le-Bois in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Avallon at 3 km and Montreal at 8 km.

Sauvigny-le-Bois, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Avallon

at 3 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Avallon guide

Montreal

at 8 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Vézelay basilica

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

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

See Vezelay guide

Noyers-sur-Serein

Most Beautiful Village at 21 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Noyers-sur-Serein guide

Semur-en-Auxois

at 30 km (direction 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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Clamecy

at 32 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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Montbard

at 32 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...

See Montbard guide

Chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc

Castle at 33 km (direction north-east)

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

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Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 34 km (direction 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 34 km (direction south-east), in the Cote d'Or department

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

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Corbigny

at 34 km (direction south-west), in the Nievre department

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

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Fontenay Abbey

Abbey at 34 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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Chablis

at 35 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 Sauvigny-le-Bois

• Avallon: market Saturday (3km)
• Vermenton: market Friday (23km)
• Clamecy: market Saturday (32km)
• Montbard: market Friday (33km)
• Ancy-le-Franc: market Thursday (33km)
• Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (34km)
• Saulieu: market Saturday (34km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (35km)
• Chablis: market Sunday (35km)
• Tonnerre: market Saturday (38km)

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Tourist attractions near Sauvigny-le-Bois, France

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

Grand sites of France

• Alesia (41km)

Heritage sites

• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (14km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km)
• Vezelay (15km)
• Fontenay Abbey (37km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Noyers-sur-Serein (21km)
• Flavigny (44km)

National Monuments

• Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (44km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (29km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (32km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (33km)
• Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (34km)
• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (47km)
• Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (47km)
• Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (50km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin du moulin de Athie (24km)
• Parc de Saint-Léger (30km)
• Potager du château de Lantilly (33km)
• Abbaye de Fontenay (36km)
• Jardin de la Chaux (39km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (32km)
• Auxerre (42km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Siège d'Alésia (42km)

Geography and distances

Sauvigny-le-Bois is in the eastern-center of France at 42 kilometres from Auxerre, the department capital (general information: Sauvigny-le-Bois is 190 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 Sauvigny-le-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Annay-la-Cote, Anneot, Athie, Avallon, Etaule, Lucy-le-Bois, Magny, Provency, Sainte-Colombe, Sceaux and Thory.

This page in French: Visiter Sauvigny-le-Bois