Saint-Simon-de-Bordes travel guide
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Visit Saint-Simon-de-Bordes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Simon-de-Bordes is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 101 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Simon-de-Bordes is 439 km from Paris and 641 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 6 km from Saint-Simon-de-Bordes
Popular places to visit near Saint-Simon-de-Bordes: these include Jonzac at 6 km and Barbezieux at 25 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. 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-Simon-de-Bordes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Simon-de-Bordes
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Simon-de-Bordes.
Note that all distances from Saint-Simon-de-Bordes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Simon-de-Bordes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Simon-de-Bordes (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-Maritime 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-de-Bordes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (20km) : Jardin du Chaigne (29km) : Parc du château Lanessan (38km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (49km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (33km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (37km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (41km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (42km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (44km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (47km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Simon-de-Bordes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Simon-de-Bordes
Canton: Jonzac
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17500
Distance to Saint-Simon-de-Bordes
from La Rochelle: 101 km
from Paris: 439 km
from Calais: 641 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 63 km
from Strasbourg: 716 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-de-Bordes): Agudelle, Allas-Bocage, Champagnac, Fontaines-d'Ozillac, Guitinieres, Jonzac, Nieul-le-Virouil, Ozillac, Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois, Salignac-de-Mirambeau, Soubran, Tugeras-Saint-Maurice and Villexavier.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Saint-Simon-de-Bordes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Simon-de-Bordes