Around Deux Rivières
Grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure (15km)
Classified as a historic monument. They are, by their testimony to the activity of Paleolithic men, unique in the world. Your journey through the Great Cave will immerse you in an astonishing universe of limestone concretions formed by the patient work of water, to reach a room with walls decorated with rock paintings still full of emotion after 28,000 years. Don't forget to walk the pretty riverside paths!
Grottes d’Arcy-sur-Cure RN6 89270 Arcy-sur-Cure - Phone : +33 3 86 81 90 63 - Mobile phone : +33 6 71 98 18 33
Website : https://www.grottes-arcy.net
Réserve Naturelle du Bois du Parc (16km)
45 hectares have been gazetted to protect an outcrop of fossil coral reef and dry limestone grasslands which are home to very rare plants. A discovery trail with interpretation tables is free to access and open all year round.
Réserve Naturelle du Bois du Parc D130 89660 Mailly-le-Château
Website : https://reserves-naturelles.org/reserves/bois-du-parc
Rochers du Saussois (18km)
Almost 60 meters high, these limestone walls are a mecca for climbing. A superb view of the Yonne valley and the Nivernais canal.
Le Saussois - Route du Haut des Roches 89660 Merry-sur-Yonne
Escolives Archaeological Site (15km)
The Gallo-Roman site of Escolives (on the ancient Roman road known as Agrippa, 10 km south of Auxerre) was occupied throughout the Gallo-Roman period, between the end of the 1st century BC - C. and the end of the 5th century AD. At this period, the buildings form a vast villa (known from excavations).
Visit, exhibition, workshop for children, games, shop.
9, Rue Raymond Kapps 89290 Escolives-Sainte-Camille - Phone : +33 3 86 42 71 89
Website : https://lavillascoliva.org
Cora Archaeological Site (18km)
The Cora site has been inhabited since the Neolithic era (more than 6,000 years ago). Then, it sheltered entrenched villages until the Roman conquest before becoming a fortified post on the Agrippa Way linking Lyon to Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Three circuits on the site of the double meander of the Cure, between Saint-Moré and Arcy-sur-Cure allow the discovery of the prehistoric caves of Saint-Moré, the Camp de Cora, the quarry of Merovingian sarcophagi and the miraculous fountain of Saint-Moré.
Entre Saint-Moré et Arcy-sur-Cure 89270 Saint-Moré
Website : https://www.saintmore.fr/le-camp-de-cora
Museums and painting workshops
L’Atelier de Pierre Jutand : in front of the accommodation, can be visited on request.
L'Atelier d'Irancy - Georges Hosotte
- Place de l’Église 89290 Irancy - Phone : +33 3 86 42 37 89 - Mobile Phone : +33 6 08 60 68 21
Website : https://www.hosotte.com
Pierre Merlier Museum
- Moulin du Saulce, Chemin du Saulce 89290 Escolives-Sainte-Camille - Mobile phone : 06 74 86 17 05
Website : https://www.museepierremerlier.fr
Ecomuseum of Ancient Tools
- 2 Rue de la Chapelle 89660 Mailly-le-Château – Tél : 03 86 81 48 49
Auxerre Museums
- Auxerre Natural History Museum
Website : https://www.auxerre.fr/Animee/Culture/Museum
- Leblanc-Duvernoy Museum, Saint Germain Museum, The Eckmühl room.
Religious and historical heritage
There are many buildings or sites to discover in the surrounding area and a little further, here is a non-exhaustive list of historical monuments to visit mainly in the south of the Yonne department.
- Reigny Abbey at 7.5km
- Saint-Étienne Cathedral of Auxerre at 20km
- Saint-Germain Abbey of Auxerre at 20km
- The Clock Tower in Auxerre at 20km
- Saint-Martin Collegiate Church of Chablis at 22km
- Château de Béru at 24km
- Château de Faulin of Lichères-sur-Yonne at 27km
- Medieval Village of Noyers-sur-Serein at 28km
- Castle of the Counts of Auxerre and Nevers in Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines at 30km
- Vézelay’s Basilica of Sainte Marie-Madeleine at 32km
- The abbey church of Pontigny at 35km
- Saint-Lazare Collegiate Church of Avallon at 35km
- Château de Tanlay at 44km
- Château de Ancy-le-Franc at 49km
- Guédelon fortified Castle under construction at 50km
- Château de Saint-Fargeau at 53km
- Château de Maulnes at 60km
Chablis, Cure, Yonne & Tonnerrois Tourist Office in Deux Rivières
Exceptional closure for the 2024 season (development work on the Halte Nautique + development of a new tourist information office). Reopening in 2025.
Halte Nautique, Route de Paris – Cravant 89460 Deux Rivières - Mobile phone : +33 6 10 84 52 04
Website : https://www.escale-chablis.fr/office-de-tourisme
Chablis, Cure, Yonne & Tonnerrois Tourist Office in Chablis
Bike rental by the hour, half-day, day or several days from the Chablis Tourist Office. Discover the vineyard differently during your walk.
1, rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 89800 Chablis - Phone : +33 3 86 42 80 80
You can find other places to visit on the Yonne tourism website : https://www.tourisme-yonne.com