Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret travel guide
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Visit Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 27 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret is 395 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sables d'Olonne at 20 km from Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret
Popular places to visit near Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret: these include Sables d'Olonne at 20 km and Ars-en-Re at 26 km.
Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 3km and Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 26km. 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-Hilaire-la-Foret, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret
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-Hilaire-la-Foret.
Note that all distances from Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret (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-Hilaire-la-Foret and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (33km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (41km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (47km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (3km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (26km) : La Flotte-en-Re (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt
Canton: Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85440
Distance to Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 27 km
from Paris: 395 km
from Calais: 559 km
from Nice: 755 km
from Bordeaux: 193 km
from Strasbourg: 736 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-Hilaire-la-Foret): Avrille, Jard-sur-Mer, Le Bernard, Longeville-sur-Mer and Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard.
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-Hilaire-la-Foret from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret