Semur-en-Auxois tourism and travel guide
Visit Semur-en-Auxois: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: One of the prettiest of the Burgundy villages, Semur-en-Auxois has a very lively and extensive historic centre and a pretty riverside setting
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Semur-en-Auxois. For detailed visitor information see the Semur-en-Auxois travel guide.
Semur-en-Auxois is situated in the Cote d'Or department and Burgundy region (now part of the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region), in the eastern-center of France at 57 kilometres from Dijon, the department capital (general information: Semur-en-Auxois is 211 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Fontenay Abbey at 15 km and Flavigny at 15 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Semur-en-Auxois, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Semur-en-Auxois in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Cote d'Or
Map of places to visit near Semur-en-Auxois
Markets in and near Semur-en-Auxois
- Venarey-les-Laumes: market Wednesday (11km)
- Montbard: market Friday (15km)
- Saulieu: market Saturday (25km)
- Avallon: market Saturday (31km)
- Ancy-le-Franc: market Thursday (34km)
- Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (38km)
- Chatillon-sur-Seine: market Saturday (45km)
- Tonnerre: market Saturday (48km)
- Vermenton: market Friday (48km)
- Bligny-sur-Ouche: market Wednesday (50km)
More information about Semur-en-Auxois, Burgundy
Tourist attractions near Semur-en-Auxois, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Semur-en-Auxois.
Grand sites of France
- Alesia (13km)
Heritage sites
- Fontenay Abbey (17km)
- Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (43km)
- Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)
- Vezelay (44km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Flavigny (15km)
- Noyers-sur-Serein (34km)
- Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (39km)
National Monuments
- Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (16km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Chatillon-sur-Seine (46km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Morvan (30km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (15km)
- Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (25km)
- Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (52km)
Remarkable gardens
- Potager du château de Lantilly (7km)
- Jardin du moulin de Athie (10km)
- Abbaye de Fontenay (17km)
- Parc de Saint-Léger (28km)
- Jardin de la Chaux (34km)
- Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (42km)
- Abbaye de la Bussière (42km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Siège d'Alésia (14km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Semur-en-Auxois
from Dijon (prefecture): 57 km
from Paris: 211 km
from Calais: 424 km
from Nice: 479 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 282 km
Getting here
Semur-en-Auxois is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk, a drive of about 6 hours, or fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car. For driving distances to Semur-en-Auxois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Courcelles-les-Semur, Genay, Juilly, Lantilly, Massingy-les-Semur, Millery, Pont-et-Massene, Saint-Euphrone, Vic-de-Chassenay and Villars-et-Villenotte.
This page in French: Visiter Semur-en-Auxois
