Saint-Leon travel guide
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Visit Saint-Leon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Leon is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 22 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Leon is 497 km from Paris and 706 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Libourne at 17 km from Saint-Leon
Popular places to visit near Saint-Leon: these include Libourne at 17 km and Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 17 km.
Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Sauve-Majeure Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 3km. 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-Leon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Leon
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Leon.
Note that all distances from Saint-Leon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Leon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Leon (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 Aquitaine and Gironde 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-Leon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Mongenan (14km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (15km) : Parc du château de Grenade (19km) : Jardins du château de Malle (22km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (22km) : Jardins du Sardy (33km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (45km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (45km) :
- National Monuments: Sauve-Majeure Abbey (3km) : Cadillac Chateau (14km) : Pey-Berland Tower (25km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (29km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (3km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (30km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (18km) : Bordeaux Port (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Leon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Léon
Canton: Créon
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33670
Distance to Saint-Leon
from Bordeaux: 22 km
from Paris: 497 km
from Calais: 706 km
from Nice: 613 km
from Bordeaux: 25 km
from Strasbourg: 745 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Leon): Bellebat, Blesignac, Camiac-et-Saint-Denis, Capian, Creon, Cursan, Daignac, Dardenac, Espiet, Faleyras, Guillac, La Sauve, Montignac and Targon.
Getting here
Gironde is in the south-west of France. Most visitors will fly into Bordeaux airport (or Bergerac) while drivers should allow 7-8 hours driving time from the ports at Le Havre or Cherbourg. For driving distances to Saint-Leon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Leon