Saint-Emilion travel guide
Visit Saint-Emilion: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Saint-Emilion travel guide
Location: Saint-Emilion is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 34 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Emilion is 480 km from Paris and 690 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Saint-Emilion: Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns); Heritage site;
Popular places to visit near Saint-Emilion: these include Libourne at 7 km and Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 23 km. Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) is a listed religious monument at 0 km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) is a listed religious monument at 12 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Emilion, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Emilion
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Emilion.
Note that all distances from Saint-Emilion shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Emilion holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Aquitaine and Gironde gites and villas
Markets near Saint-Emilion
- Branne: market every Thursday & Saturday (8km)
- Castillon-la-Bataille: market every Monday (10km)
- Coutras: market every Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
- Creon: market every Wednesday (20km)
- Ambares-et-Lagrave: market every Friday & (27km)
- Carbon-Blanc: market every Thursday (28km)
- Montpon-Menesterol: market every Wednesday (28km)
- Bassens: market every Sunday (28km)
- Cavignac: market every Thursday (29km)
- Cenon: market every Wednesday (30km)
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-Emilion and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Emilion map below.
Heritage Site La Sauve Majeure abbaye (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (19km); La Sauve église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (19km); Bordeaux basilique Saint-Michel (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (33km); Bordeaux cathédrale Saint-André (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (34km); Bordeaux Port (34km); Bordeaux basilique Saint-Seurin (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (34km)
National Monument Montcaret Archaeological site (18km); Sauve-Majeure Abbey (19km); Cadillac Chateau (31km); Cave Pair-non-Pair (32km); Pey-Berland Tower (34km)
Religious Monument Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (0km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (12km); Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (55km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Vayres (12km); Jardin du Fond de l’or (16km); Jardins du Sardy (21km); Jardins du château de Mongenan (31km); Parc du château de Grenade (36km); Jardins du château de Malle (38km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bordeaux (34km)
Town Of Art And History Bordeaux (34km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Emilion & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Émilion
Canton: Libourne
Arrondissement: Libourne
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33330
Distance to Saint-Emilion
from Bordeaux (local prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 480 km
from Calais: 690 km
from Nice: 605 km
from Bordeaux: 34 km
from Strasbourg: 728 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have found 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Emilion): Montagne, Moulon, Neac, Pomerol, Saint-Christophe-Des-Bardes, Saint-Etienne-de-Lisse, Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Laurent-Des-Combes, Saint-Pey-d'Armens, Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens and Vignonet.
Getting here
Gironde is in the south-west of France. Most visitors will fly into Bordeaux airport (or Bergerac) while drivers should allow 7-8 hours driving time from the ports at Le Havre or Cherbourg. For driving distances to Saint-Emilion from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Emilion