Saint Gilles Croix de Vie travel guide
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Visit Saint Gilles Croix de Vie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint Gilles Croix de Vie is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 38 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint Gilles Croix de Vie is 400 km from Paris and 548 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saint Gilles Croix de Vie (page also includes a photo gallery for Saint Gilles Croix de Vie)
Popular places to visit near Saint Gilles Croix de Vie: these include Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 1 km and Sables d'Olonne at 25 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km and Notre-Dame-de-Monts 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 Gilles Croix de Vie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint Gilles Croix de Vie
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 Gilles Croix de Vie.
Note that all distances from Saint Gilles Croix de Vie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint Gilles Croix de Vie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint Gilles Croix de Vie (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 Gilles Croix de Vie and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (14km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint Gilles Croix de Vie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Canton: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85800
Distance to Saint Gilles Croix de Vie
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 38 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 548 km
from Nice: 793 km
from Bordeaux: 232 km
from Strasbourg: 754 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie): Givrand, Le Fenouiller, Notre-Dame-de-Riez and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.
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 Gilles Croix de Vie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint Gilles Croix de Vie