Saint-Etienne-du-Bois travel guide
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Visit Saint-Etienne-du-Bois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Etienne-du-Bois is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 22 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Etienne-du-Bois is 371 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 30 km from Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
Popular places to visit near Saint-Etienne-du-Bois: these include Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 30 km and Sables d'Olonne at 40 km.
Marais de Machecoul is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 25km and Lac de Grand-Lieu is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 30km. 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-Etienne-du-Bois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Etienne-du-Bois.
Note that all distances from Saint-Etienne-du-Bois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Etienne-du-Bois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Etienne-du-Bois (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 France and Vendee 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-Etienne-du-Bois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (43km) : Jardins de Chaligny (46km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (35km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (41km) : Nantes (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Etienne-du-Bois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Canton: Palluau
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85670
Distance to Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 22 km
from Paris: 371 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 776 km
from Bordeaux: 235 km
from Strasbourg: 725 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Etienne-du-Bois): Beaufou, Grand-Landes, La Chapelle-Palluau, Lege, Palluau and Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Saint-Etienne-du-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Etienne-du-Bois