Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere is 303 km from Paris and 310 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cherbourg at 31 km from Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere: these include Cherbourg at 31 km and Coutances at 41 km.
Valognes is a listed 'town of art and history' at 25km and Château de Beaurepaire is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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-Jean-de-la-Riviere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere holidays and travel
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For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Normandy and Manche 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-Jean-de-la-Riviere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Château de Beaurepaire (26km) : Jardin botanique du château de Vauville (31km) : Parc du château des Ravalet (33km) : Parc du château de Nacqueville (34km) : Jardin Jacques Prévert (41km) : Argences (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Barfleur (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cherbourg (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Valognes (25km) : Coutances (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière
Canton: Barneville-Carteret
Arrondissement: Cherbourg-Octeville
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50270
Distance to Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere
from Saint-Lo: 54 km
from Paris: 303 km
from Calais: 310 km
from Nice: 932 km
from Bordeaux: 511 km
from Strasbourg: 697 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere): Barneville-Carteret, Fierville-les-Mines, La Haye-d'Ectot, Le Mesnil, Les Moitiers-d'Allonne, Portbail, Saint-Lo-d'Ourville, Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin and Saint-Pierre-d'Artheglise.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-de-la-Riviere