Saint-Christophe travel guide
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Visit Saint-Christophe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Christophe is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Christophe is 261 km from Paris and 461 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 21 km from Saint-Christophe
Popular places to visit near Saint-Christophe: these include Chateau du Rivau at 21 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 27 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km and Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Christophe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Christophe
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Christophe.
Note that all distances from Saint-Christophe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Christophe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Christophe (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Vienne gites and villas
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-Christophe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (18km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (39km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (40km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (48km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (34km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (38km) : Fontevraud Abbey (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (27km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (39km) : Montsoreau (40km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (33km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (38km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (38km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (39km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (44km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (32km) : Poitiers (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (24km) : Chauvigny (44km) : Montreuil-Bellay (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Christophe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Christophe
Canton: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86230
Distance to Saint-Christophe
from Poitiers: 38 km
from Paris: 261 km
from Calais: 461 km
from Nice: 647 km
from Bordeaux: 243 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Christophe): Faye-la-Vineuse, Jaulnay, Orches, Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers and Serigny.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Saint-Christophe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Christophe