The Village

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Lucy sur Yonne is a tranquil pretty village in northern Burgundy, with the Canal du Nivernais and the River Yonne meandering through.

The bar is quite convenient and open all year round. A local baker delivers delicious bread and croissants daily and a cheese & a grocery van twice a week.  You just need to listen for the van's horn announcing it's arrival around 8 am.  

The cottage is near to the church and the bells ring during the day, but not at night! It’s something you easily get used to and its lovely to hear from afar when taking an evening stroll along the river and canal or up in the woods near the local Chateau.

Burgundy is divided into 4 areas - Yonne, Nievre, Cote D'Or and Saone et Loire. The village is in the Yonne (89), but very close to the Nievre (58) just a few kilometres away.

Lucy is around 2 hours from Paris by car and around 2.5 hours by train which can be caught nearby in Chatel Censoir, Coulanges sur Yonne or at the terminus in Clamecy. You can also change onto another local branch line down through the Morvan National Par to Autun which is a delightful journey.

There are a couple of restaurants in Coulanges sur Yonne (2km), several in Clamecy (9km) and Vezelay(20km) and many dotted around in the villages along the river and canal. There is a local railway halt in Coulanges and a station in Clamecy.

The city of Auxerre is around 40km or 40 minutes by car and 45 minutes by train where there is a large selection of shops to visit, old buildings to explore, excellent restaurants to try and the Burgundian lifestyle to discover.