Saint-Germain-Des-Pres travel guide
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Visit Saint-Germain-Des-Pres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Germain-Des-Pres is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 21 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Germain-Des-Pres is 286 km from Paris and 439 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angers at 22 km from Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
Popular places to visit near Saint-Germain-Des-Pres: these include Angers at 22 km and Chateau de Brissac at 30 km.
Jardins du Pin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km and Angers is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. 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-Germain-Des-Pres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Germain-Des-Pres.
Note that all distances from Saint-Germain-Des-Pres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Germain-Des-Pres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres (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 Maine-et-Loire 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-Germain-Des-Pres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Pin (2km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (45km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (46km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angers (21km) : Chenille-Change (34km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (36km) : Cholet (39km) : Coudray (45km) : Chateau-Gontier (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Germain-Des-Pres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Canton: Saint-Georges-sur-Loire
Arrondissement: Angers
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49170
Distance to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
from Angers: 21 km
from Paris: 286 km
from Calais: 439 km
from Nice: 753 km
from Bordeaux: 287 km
from Strasbourg: 651 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-Germain-Des-Pres): Champtoce-sur-Loire, Montjean-sur-Loire, Saint-Augustin-Des-Bois, Saint-Georges-sur-Loire and Villemoisan.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Saint-Germain-Des-Pres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Germain-Des-Pres