Saint-Hippolyte travel guide
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Visit Saint-Hippolyte: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Hippolyte is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 34 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Hippolyte is 407 km from Paris and 595 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 6 km from Saint-Hippolyte
Popular places to visit near Saint-Hippolyte: these include Rochefort at 6 km and Brouage at 16 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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-Hippolyte, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Hippolyte
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Hippolyte.
Note that all distances from Saint-Hippolyte shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Hippolyte holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Hippolyte (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 Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime 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-Hippolyte and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (13km) : Jardins de la Boirie (32km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (25km) : Talmont (43km) : La Flotte-en-Re (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (23km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (27km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (36km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (45km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (29km) : Royan (34km) : Marans (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (6km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (16km) : Marais Poitevin (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Hippolyte & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Hippolyte
Canton: Tonnay-Charente
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17430
Distance to Saint-Hippolyte
from La Rochelle: 34 km
from Paris: 407 km
from Calais: 595 km
from Nice: 689 km
from Bordeaux: 123 km
from Strasbourg: 716 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-Hippolyte): Cabariot, Echillais, La Vallee, Lussant, Saint-Agnant, Tonnay-Charente and Trizay.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Saint-Hippolyte from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Hippolyte