Saint-Maixant travel guide
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Visit Saint-Maixant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Maixant is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 33 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maixant is 516 km from Paris and 726 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Reole at 17 km from Saint-Maixant
Popular places to visit near Saint-Maixant: these include La Reole at 17 km and Sauveterre-de-Guyenne at 19 km.
Jardins du château de Malle is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Cadillac Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 8km. 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-Maixant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Maixant
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Maixant.
Note that all distances from Saint-Maixant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Maixant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Maixant (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-Maixant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Malle (3km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (19km) : Parc du château de Grenade (20km) : Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (34km) : Jardins de Beauchamp (34km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (36km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (43km) : Jardins du Sardy (43km) :
- National Monuments: Cadillac Chateau (8km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (22km) : Pey-Berland Tower (38km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (22km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (36km) : Bordeaux Port (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Maixant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Maixant
Canton: Saint-Macaire
Arrondissement: Langon
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33490
Distance to Saint-Maixant
from Bordeaux: 33 km
from Paris: 516 km
from Calais: 726 km
from Nice: 608 km
from Bordeaux: 38 km
from Strasbourg: 756 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Maixant): Barsac, Fargues, Gabarnac, Langon, Le Pian-sur-Garonne, Loupiac, Monprimblanc, Preignac, Saint-Andre-du-Bois, Saint-Macaire, Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac, Saint-Pierre-de-Mons, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, Semens, Toulenne and Verdelais.
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-Maixant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maixant