Saint-Symphorien travel guide
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Visit Saint-Symphorien: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Symphorien is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 7 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Symphorien is 359 km from Paris and 549 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Niort at 7 km from Saint-Symphorien
Popular places to visit near Saint-Symphorien: these include Niort at 7 km and Marais Poitevin at 9 km.
Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 10km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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-Symphorien, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Symphorien
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Symphorien.
Note that all distances from Saint-Symphorien shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Symphorien holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Symphorien (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 Deux-Sevres 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-Symphorien and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (27km) : La Guyonnière (40km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (10km) : Vouvant (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (14km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (22km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (23km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (38km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Symphorien & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Symphorien
Canton: Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79270
Distance to Saint-Symphorien
from Niort: 7 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 549 km
from Nice: 673 km
from Bordeaux: 159 km
from Strasbourg: 671 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Symphorien): Aiffres, Bessines, Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, Granzay-Gript, Magne and Vallans.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Saint-Symphorien from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Symphorien