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Saint-Chamas travel guide

Visit Saint-Chamas: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Chamas is situated in the Bouches-du-Rhone department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 38 km from Marseille, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Chamas is 626 km from Paris and 858 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Salon-de-Provence at 12 km from Saint-Chamas

Popular places to visit near Saint-Chamas: these include Salon-de-Provence at 12 km and Martigues at 15 km.

Istres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 5km and Martigues is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Saint-Chamas: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Chamas, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Chamas

See France This Way travel guides for Bouches-du-Rhone and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Chamas.

Note that all distances from Saint-Chamas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Tourist attractions nearby

Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Chamas and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'Eguilles (25km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (25km) : Jardin d'Albertas (32km) : Jardin de la Louve (38km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (41km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (41km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (41km) : Parc du 26e Centenaire (41km) : Parc Borély (42km) : Jardin de la Magalone (42km) :
2. National Monuments: Glanum (32km) : Montmajour Abbey (37km) : Chateau d'If (38km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Baux-de-Provence (30km) : Menerbes (35km) : Lourmarin (36km) : Ansouis (40km) : Gordes (43km) : Roussillon (45km) :
4. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) (31km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (37km) : Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (42km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (43km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (49km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (5km) : Martigues (15km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Roman Arles (36km) : Avignon Centre (49km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Arles (37km) : Marseille (38km) : Beaucaire (44km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Apt (47km) :
9. Grand Site of France: Montagne Sainte-Victoire (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Chamas & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Chamas

Canton: Berre-l'Étang

Arrondissement: Istres

Department: Bouches-du-Rhone

Region: Provence

Postcode: 13250

Distance to Saint-Chamas

from Marseille: 38 km

from Paris: 626 km

from Calais: 858 km

from Nice: 180 km

from Bordeaux: 470 km

from Strasbourg: 598 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Chamas): Cornillon-Confoux, Istres and Miramas.

Getting here

Bouches-du-Rhone is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airport at Marseille or drive from the UK with a journey time of around 10-11 hours. For driving distances to Saint-Chamas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Chamas