Saint-Marcel travel guide
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Visit Saint-Marcel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Marcel is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 53 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Marcel is 299 km from Paris and 514 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 3 km from Saint-Marcel
Popular places to visit near Saint-Marcel: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 3 km and Tournus at 24 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 3km and Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Marcel: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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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 Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (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 Saone-et-Loire 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': Parc et jardins du château de Sully (41km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (27km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (36km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (39km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (42km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (3km) : Autun (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Marcel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Marcel
Canton: Chalon-sur-Saône-Sud
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71380
Distance to Saint-Marcel
from Macon: 53 km
from Paris: 299 km
from Calais: 514 km
from Nice: 389 km
from Bordeaux: 476 km
from Strasbourg: 293 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-Marcel): Alleriot, Bey, Chalon-sur-Saone, Champforgeuil, Chatenoy-en-Bresse, Chatenoy-le-Royal, Crissey, Epervans, Fragnes, Lans, Lux, Oslon, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, Saint-Remy, Sassenay and Sevrey.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Saint-Marcel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Marcel