Saint-Fargeau

Introduction

Saint-Fargeau, a small town of about 1,800 inhabitants, is a commune of Yonne department in France. Located in the arrondissment of Auxerre, it is well known for its beautiful and imposing castle which attracts visitors from all over the region.

The beautiful unspoilt countryside is well known for its forests, fresh water streams and tourist attractions both cultural and historical. Tourists can do cycling, horse riding, fishing, hunting and a host of other activities to keep them busy and entertained.

For more information you can contact the Saint-Fargeau local tourism office.

Neighbourhoods

Sights and Activities

• Le Chateau de Saint-Fargeau is more than one thousand years old. The vast building with its ancient magnificient beams is worth a visit. There is a unique historical show with light and music every Fridays and Saturdays in the months of July and August.
• Le Ferme Du Chateau- The Castle Farm showcases the life on a farm in early 20th century. Children particularly have a nice time discovering the marvellous world of animals.
• Museum of early musical instruments has a collection of more than 1,000 phonographs, radios and manual musical instruments. The museum and its team will help you discover the history of musical instruments and give an insight into the world of radios, from the beginning to the modern times.

Events and Festivals

Weather

A few hours south of Paris, Saint-Fargeau has comparable weather with warm summer from June to September and winters from December to February with usually temperatures above zero and occasional frost and snow.

Getting There

By Plane

As it is not that far from Paris you can have a choice of flying to the airports of this city:

• Charles De Gaulle International Airport (CDG) is approximately 25 kilometres from Paris and has most flights, including long distance flights to many destinations outside Europe.
• Orly Airport (ORY) is located southwest of Paris near the town of Orly.
• Beauvais Airport (BVA) is often billed as a Paris airport and used by budget airlines, most notably Ryanair, but also Sterling, Blue Air, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and Wizzair. The airport is located roughly 80 kilometres out of Paris near the town of Beauvais.

Another option almost at the same distance is Tours airport (TUF) which has flights with Ryanair from Dublin, London-Stansted, Marseille and Porto.

By Train

By Car

Saint-Fargeau is located east of the A77 highway. The A6 highway between Paris and Dijon is a little futher to the east.

By Bus

By Boat

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.