Saint-Palais travel guide
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Visit Saint-Palais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Palais is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 60 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Palais is 452 km from Paris and 652 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pauillac at 18 km from Saint-Palais
Popular places to visit near Saint-Palais: these include Pauillac at 18 km and Jonzac at 19 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Palais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Palais
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Palais.
Note that all distances from Saint-Palais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Palais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Palais (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-Palais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (16km) : Parc du château Lanessan (25km) : Jardin du Chaigne (43km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (46km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (48km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (48km) : Royan (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Palais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Palais
Canton: Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde
Arrondissement: Blaye
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33820
Distance to Saint-Palais
from Bordeaux: 60 km
from Paris: 452 km
from Calais: 652 km
from Nice: 648 km
from Bordeaux: 53 km
from Strasbourg: 729 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Palais): Boisredon, Marcillac, Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye, Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde, Saint-Caprais-de-Blaye, Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde and Soubran.
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-Palais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Palais