Saint-Simon travel guide
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Visit Saint-Simon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Simon is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 17 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Simon is 401 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saint-Simon
Popular places to visit near Saint-Simon: these include Jarnac at 9 km and Angouleme at 18 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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-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 Charente and Poitou-Charentes (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 hotels in and near to Saint-Simon (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 Poitou-Charentes and Charente 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-Simon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (13km) : Logis de Forge (19km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (14km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (17km) : Saintes (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Simon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Simon
Canton: Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16120
Distance to Saint-Simon
from Angouleme: 17 km
from Paris: 401 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 619 km
from Bordeaux: 99 km
from Strasbourg: 675 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Simon): Angeac-Charente, Bassac, Bouteville, Champmillon, Chateauneuf-sur-Charente, Gondeville, Merignac, Mosnac, Moulidars, Saint-Meme-les-Carrieres, Saint-Simeux, Triac-Lautrait and Vibrac.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Saint-Simon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Simon