Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm travel guide
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Visit Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 38 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm is 388 km from Paris and 560 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Flotte-en-Re at 19 km from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
Popular places to visit near Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm: these include La Flotte-en-Re at 19 km and Saint-Martin-de-Re at 19 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km and Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km. 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-Michel-en-l'Herm, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm.
Note that all distances from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm (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 Vendee 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-Michel-en-l'Herm and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (25km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (29km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (37km) : Jardins de la Boirie (46km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (19km) : Ars-en-Re (26km) : Vouvant (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (39km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (44km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
Canton: Luçon
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85580
Distance to Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 38 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 560 km
from Nice: 731 km
from Bordeaux: 176 km
from Strasbourg: 720 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm): Grues, La Faute-sur-Mer and Triaize.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm