Saint-Simon travel guide
Visit Saint-Simon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Quentin at 14 km from Saint-Simon
Location: Saint-Simon is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 38 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Simon is 115 km from Paris and 163 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Simon: these include Saint-Quentin at 14 km and Noyon at 22 km. Gauchy is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 11 km and Saint-Quentin is a listed town of art and history at 14 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Simon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Simon
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Simon.
Note that all distances from Saint-Simon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Simon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Picardy and Aisne gites and villas
Markets near Saint-Simon
- Ham: market every Saturday (7km)
- Tergnier: market every Thursday & Sunday (13km)
- Saint-Quentin: market every Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (14km)
- Chauny: market every Friday (15km)
- Noyon: market every Saturday (22km)
- Origny-Sainte-Benoite: market every Thursday (25km)
- Peronne: market every Saturday (27km)
- Roye: market every Friday (28km)
- Fresnoy-le-Grand: market every Monday (29km)
- Bohain-en-Vermandois: market every Friday (34km)
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-Simon and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Simon map below.
Heritage Site Compiène église Saint-Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)
National Monument Chateau Coucy (27km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (38km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château (38km); Parc du château de Compiègne (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Laon (39km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Foret de Compiegne (44km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Quentin (14km); Noyon (22km); Laon (38km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Gauchy (11km); Guyencourt-Saulcourt (29km); Vivaise (31km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Simon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Simon
Canton: Saint-Simon
Arrondissement: Saint-Quentin
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 2640
Distance to Saint-Simon
from Laon (local prefecture): 38 km
from Paris: 115 km
from Calais: 163 km
from Nice: 741 km
from Bordeaux: 614 km
from Strasbourg: 357 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Simon): Annois, Artemps, Aubigny-Aux-Kaisnes, Bray-Saint-Christophe, Brouchy, Clastres, Contescourt, Cugny, Douchy, Dury, Flavy-le-Martel, Fluquieres, Happencourt, Jussy, Montescourt-Lizerolles, Ollezy, Pithon, Seraucourt-le-Grand, Sommette-Eaucourt, Tugny-et-Pont and Villers-Saint-Christophe.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Simon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Simon