Saint-Helen travel guide
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Visit Saint-Helen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Helen is situated in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 59 km from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Helen is 319 km from Paris and 389 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dinan at 7 km from Saint-Helen
Popular places to visit near Saint-Helen: these include Dinan at 7 km and Combourg at 17 km.
Dinan is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km and Jardins du château de la Bourbansais is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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-Helen, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Helen
See France This Way travel guides for Cotes-d'Armor and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Helen.
Note that all distances from Saint-Helen shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Helen holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Helen (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 Cotes-d'Armor 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-Helen and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (9km) : Jardins de Montmarin (14km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (19km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (31km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (35km) : Jardins de Broceliande (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Juvat (14km) : Dinard (20km) : Saint-Malo (21km) : Le Rheu (43km) : Cesson-Sevigne (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (7km) : Rennes (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (38km) : Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Helen & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Hélen
Canton: Dinan-Est
Arrondissement: Dinan
Department: Cotes-d'Armor
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 22100
Distance to Saint-Helen
from Saint-Brieuc: 59 km
from Paris: 319 km
from Calais: 389 km
from Nice: 886 km
from Bordeaux: 418 km
from Strasbourg: 715 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Helen): La Vicomte-sur-Rance, Lanvallay, Lehon, Les Champs-Geraux, Miniac-Morvan, Pleudihen-sur-Rance, Saint-Pierre-de-Plesguen, Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, Taden and Tresse.
Getting here
Cotes-d'Armor is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from a ferry port such as Roscoff or Saint Malo nearby on the northern Brittany coast. For driving distances to Saint-Helen from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Helen