Saint-Nazaire travel guide
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Visit Saint-Nazaire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Nazaire is situated in the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 47 km from Nantes, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Nazaire is 383 km from Paris and 505 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins at 6 km from Saint-Nazaire
Popular places to visit near Saint-Nazaire: these include Saint-Brevin-les-Pins at 6 km and Pornichet at 8 km.
Loire Estuaire is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km and Pornichet is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Nazaire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Nazaire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Nazaire
See France This Way travel guides for Loire-Atlantique and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Nazaire.
Note that all distances from Saint-Nazaire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Nazaire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Nazaire (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 Loire-Atlantique 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-Nazaire and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Pornichet (9km) : La Baule (12km) : Nantes (47km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Guerande (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Nazaire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Nazaire
Canton: Saint-Nazaire
Arrondissement: Saint-Nazaire
Department: Loire-Atlantique
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 44600
Distance to Saint-Nazaire
from Nantes: 47 km
from Paris: 383 km
from Calais: 505 km
from Nice: 839 km
from Bordeaux: 300 km
from Strasbourg: 757 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-Nazaire): Montoir-de-Bretagne, Saint-Brevin-les-Pins and Trignac.
Getting here
Loire-Atlantique is in the north-west of France. Most visitors arrive by car via one of the ferry ports such as Saint-Malo or Cherbourg. Allow around 3 hours for the trip in France. For driving distances to Saint-Nazaire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Nazaire