Saint-Gilles travel guide
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Visit Saint-Gilles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Gilles is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 12 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Gilles is 318 km from Paris and 409 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rennes at 12 km from Saint-Gilles
Popular places to visit near Saint-Gilles: these include Rennes at 12 km and Combourg at 29 km.
Le Rheu is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Jardins de Broceliande is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Gilles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Gilles
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Gilles.
Note that all distances from Saint-Gilles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Gilles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Gilles (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 Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine 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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Broceliande (12km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (18km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (23km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (27km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (39km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Le Rheu (7km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (16km) : Cesson-Sevigne (17km) : Saint-Juvat (27km) : La Gacilly (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rennes (12km) : Dinan (37km) : Vitre (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Gilles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Gilles
Canton: Mordelles
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35590
Distance to Saint-Gilles
from Rennes: 12 km
from Paris: 318 km
from Calais: 409 km
from Nice: 859 km
from Bordeaux: 381 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Gilles): Breteil, Cintre, Clayes, La Chapelle-Thouarault, Pace, Parthenay-de-Bretagne and Vezin-le-Coquet.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Saint-Gilles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Gilles