Auxerre and its area

Auxerre, historical city, is located at one hour and half of Paris, direct access by the motorway A6.

Historical city, bathed by Yonne with in the centre town half-timbered houses, romantic lanes, Cathédrale Holy Etienne, chief of Gothic work of art and its crypt of XIe century and l’ Abbey Germain saint his fifteen centuries of history and its crypts Carolingians.

Here a small catalogue (not exhaustive) of some of tourist curiosities of Yonne close relations of Auxerre…

• The abbey of Pontigny

• Vézelay, trônant magnificiently at the top of the eternal hill

• Caves of Arcy on Cure, dug in a solid mass coralien

• Cellars of Bailly dug with even the rock overhanging valleys of Yonne. With 50 meters under ground, 4 hectares old careers shelter 5 million bottles, which age slowly…

• The mill Dautin de Mige is one windmill which grinds restored really, one can go it to visit!

• Underground careers of Aubigny with Taingy, these careers, whose limestone is constituted there is 150 million years are not any more in exploitations nowadays and visit. The stones which were extracted compose of many building famous: Cathedrals Auxerre, Roanne, Nérondes, Saint Breaking, Direction, Nevers, Courson Them Careers, Vézelay… in Paris it Louvre, the Town hall, them feet of supporting of the Tower Eiffel, the Synagogue, the Garden plants and the Natural history museum of natural History, the Opera.

• The Windfallen wood village and sound universally known wine…

To come in Yonne and to Auxerre with ViaMichelin

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