Villiers-le-Sec tourism and travel guide

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Visit Villiers-le-Sec: highlights and tourist information

Villiers-le-Sec 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 Villiers-le-Sec in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Clamecy at 12 km and Corbigny at 23 km.

Villiers-le-Sec, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Clamecy

at 12 km (direction north-east)

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

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Corbigny

at 23 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Vezelay

Heritage Site at 26 km (direction east-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 26 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Guedelon

at 31 km (direction north-west), in the Yonne department

At the remarkable site of Guedelon an entire medieval castle is being reconstructed using...

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La Charite-sur-Loire

at 38 km (direction west-south-west)

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

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Avallon

at 38 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Sancerre

at 45 km (direction west), in the Cher department

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

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Nevers

at 47 km (direction south-west)

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

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Auxerre

at 48 km (direction north-north-east), in the Yonne department

With its cathedral and churches, and extensive historic centre with half-timbered houses and an...

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Montreal

at 49 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Noyers-sur-Serein

Most Beautiful Village at 55 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Chablis

at 56 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

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

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Markets in and near Villiers-le-Sec

• Clamecy: market Saturday (12km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (23km)
• Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (32km)
• Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (38km)
• Avallon: market Saturday (38km)
• Vermenton: market Friday (39km)
• Saint-Fargeau: market Friday (40km)
• Toucy: market Saturday (41km)
• Saint-Satur: market Thursday (44km)
• Nevers: market Saturday all day (47km)

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Tourist attractions near Villiers-le-Sec, France

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

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (26km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (26km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km)
• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Noyers-sur-Serein (55km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Sancerre (45km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (19km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (24km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (29km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (40km)
• Forgeneuve (45km)
• Jardin du château de Limanton (49km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Clamecy (12km)

Towns of Art and history

• Nevers (47km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (42km)

Geography and distances

Villiers-le-Sec is in the eastern-center of France at 47 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Villiers-le-Sec is 183 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 Villiers-le-Sec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beuvron, Breugnon, Courcelles, Cuncy-les-Varzy, Ouagne, Oudan, Parigny-la-Rose, Rix, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont and Varzy.

This page in French: Visiter Villiers-le-Sec