Saint-Marcel travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Saint-Marcel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Marcel is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 27 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Marcel is 258 km from Paris and 484 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argenton-sur-Creuse at 2 km from Saint-Marcel
Popular places to visit near Saint-Marcel: these include Argenton-sur-Creuse at 2 km and Gargilesse-Dampierre at 12 km.
Saint-Benoit-du-Sault is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km and Etangs de la Brenne is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Saint-Marcel for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Marcel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Marcel
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Marcel.
Note that all distances from Saint-Marcel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Marcel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Marcel (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 France and Indre 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-Marcel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (25km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (35km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (20km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateauroux (27km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Marcel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Marcel
Canton: Argenton-sur-Creuse
Arrondissement: Châteauroux
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36200
Distance to Saint-Marcel
from Chateauroux: 27 km
from Paris: 258 km
from Calais: 484 km
from Nice: 555 km
from Bordeaux: 255 km
from Strasbourg: 517 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Marcel): Argenton-sur-Creuse, Chasseneuil, Le Menoux, Le Pechereau, Pont-Chretien-Chabenet and Tendu.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Saint-Marcel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Marcel