☰Things to Do

The Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is the reason Vézelay exists and the reason it was important for eight centuries. It is a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture …

Rue Saint-Étienne is the main cobbled street of Vézelay, climbing from the lower village gate up to the basilica at the top of the …

The hill of Vézelay itself — la colline éternelle, as it is known locally — is worth experiencing as a landscape. The views from …

Burgundian castle near Vézelay associated with Vauban, Louis XIV’s great military engineer.

This small museum is housed in the former chapter house adjacent to the basilica and tells the story of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's restoration of the …

Modern-art museum on Vezelay's medieval hill, built around Christian Zervos's collection.