Clamecy tourism and travel guide

Clamecy Hotels & holiday rentals

Places to visit nearby

Clamecy Excursions & Activities

Car hire in France

Clamecy Hotels & holiday rentals

Clamecy Excursions & Activities

Visit Clamecy: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The Collegiale Saint-Martin is the principal monument here in the historic centre of Clamecy

Clamecy is situated in the Nievre department and Burgundy-Franche-Comté region.

Tourist classifications for Clamecy include "secteur sauvegarde".

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Clamecy in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Vézelay basilica at 17 km and Corbigny at 26 km.

Clamecy, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Vezelay

Heritage Site at 17 km (direction 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 17 km (direction east), in the Yonne department

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

See Vézelay basilica guide

Corbigny

at 26 km (direction south-east)

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

See Corbigny guide

Avallon

at 29 km (direction east), in the Yonne department

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

See Avallon guide

Guedelon

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

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

See Guedelon guide

Auxerre

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

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

See Auxerre guide

Montreal

at 40 km (direction east), in the Yonne department

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

See Montreal guide

Noyers-sur-Serein

Most Beautiful Village at 44 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...

See Noyers-sur-Serein guide

Chablis

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

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

See Chablis guide

La Charite-sur-Loire

at 49 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See La Charite-sur-Loire guide

Pontigny

at 52 km (direction north-north-east), in the Yonne department

The abbey at Pontigny is one of the best known and substantial Cistercian abbeys...

See Pontigny guide

Tonnerre

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

There are two impressive sites to see in Tonnerre: the medieval hospital complex, and...

See Tonnerre guide

Chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc

Castle at 59 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yonne department

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

See Chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc guide

Chateau de Tanlay

Castle at 61 km (direction north-east), in the Yonne department

The frescoes and interior decoration are among the highlights of a visit to the...

See Chateau de Tanlay guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Nievre

Find Clamecy hotels & holiday rentals

Reserve excursions near Clamecy

Map of places to visit near Clamecy

Markets in and near Clamecy

Market days in Clamecy: weekly market: Saturday;

• Clamecy: market Saturday (0km)
• Corbigny: market Friday (26km)
• Vermenton: market Friday (28km)
• Avallon: market Saturday (30km)
• Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye: market Wednesday (30km)
• Toucy: market Saturday (35km)
• Auxerre: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (37km)
• Saint-Fargeau: market Friday (39km)
• Chablis: market Sunday (45km)
• Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (45km)

More information about Clamecy, Burgundy

Tourist attractions near Clamecy, France

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

Heritage sites

• Vezelay (17km)
• Vézelay basilica St Madeleine (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km)
• Asquins église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (18km)
• Abbatiale Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (49km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Noyers-sur-Serein (44km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Morvan (48km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (28km)
• Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (30km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (33km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Auxerre (37km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

• Pougues-les-Eaux (53km)

Geography and distances

Clamecy is in the eastern-center of France at 59 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Clamecy is 178 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 Clamecy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Armes, Breugnon, Chevroches, Dornecy, Licheres-sur-Yonne, Oisy, Pousseaux, Rix, Surgy and Villiers-sur-Yonne.

This page in French: Visiter Clamecy