How to get to Vézelay

On Foot

from Paris (via Sens): with the association Pèlerins de Saint-Jacques-De-Compostelle or from Auxerre with Yonne Compostelle
from Namur (via Reims): with the Randonneurs et Pèlerins 51 association or the GR654
of Gray and Dole: with the Confraternity of Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela in Burgundy

By train

The closest train stations to Vézelay are Sermizelles, Avallon and Auxerre.

Itineraries to go to Vézelay by foot from the train station of:

Sermizelles (10 km): descriptif (PDF)

a shuttle serves Vézelay see timetables at the Grand Vézelay Tourist Office (Mobigo)

Avallon (20 km): by the GR 13 (PDF) or by the chemin des Hongrois (from Gray)
Auxerre (50 km): with Yonne Compostelle

By bus

For bus and shuttle schedules:

website of the tourist office of Grand Vézelay
Mobigo

By car

Several paying parking lots are at your disposal:

See the website of the town hall: http://www.vezelay.fr/site/stationnement-et-circulation

For long-term parking, contact Camping de Vézelay for information.

Services and blessings

Office hours at the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in Vézelay :

Site of the basilica of Vézelay

Receive the blessing of the pilgrim in Vézelay.

For those who wish, it is possible to receive the traditional pilgrim’s blessing in the Basilica or at the Chapelle de la Cordelle. Contact us directly at the Centre Sainte-Madeleine, 26 rue saint Pierre (tel. 03 86 33 22 14) or at our office, 24 rue saint Pierre (tel. 03 86 32 38 11).