Saint-Jacques travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jacques: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jacques is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 18 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jacques is 625 km from Paris and 847 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gorges du Verdon at 16 km from Saint-Jacques
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jacques: these include Gorges du Verdon at 16 km and Castellane at 17 km.
Lac de Castillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km and Moustiers is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km. 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-Jacques, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jacques
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jacques.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jacques shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jacques holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jacques (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 Provence and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 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-Jacques and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Clos de Villeneuve (35km) : Jardins du château de Sauvan (49km) : Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Moustiers (18km) : Tourtour (42km) : Seillans (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sisteron (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Gorges du Verdon (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jacques & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jacques
Canton: Barrême
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04330
Distance to Saint-Jacques
from Digne-les-Bains: 18 km
from Paris: 625 km
from Calais: 847 km
from Nice: 78 km
from Bordeaux: 560 km
from Strasbourg: 524 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jacques): Barreme, Chaudon-Norante and Saint-Lions.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Saint-Jacques from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jacques