Saint-Xandre travel guide
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Visit Saint-Xandre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Xandre is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 6 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Xandre is 393 km from Paris and 571 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 6 km from Saint-Xandre
Popular places to visit near Saint-Xandre: these include La Rochelle at 6 km and Marans at 15 km.
Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km and La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 17km. 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-Xandre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Xandre
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-Xandre.
Note that all distances from Saint-Xandre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Xandre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Xandre (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-Xandre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (28km) : Jardins de la Boirie (33km) : Jardins de Chaligny (40km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (40km) : La Roche Courbon (49km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (17km) : Ars-en-Re (32km) : Coulon (42km) : Vouvant (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (29km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (34km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (42km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) : Brouage Fortifications (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Xandre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Xandre
Canton: Rochelle 5e Canton
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17138
Distance to Saint-Xandre
from La Rochelle: 6 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 571 km
from Nice: 715 km
from Bordeaux: 157 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 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Xandre): Dompierre-sur-Mer, Esnandes, La Rochelle, Lagord, Marsilly, Nieul-sur-Mer, Perigny, Puilboreau, Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis, Saint-Rogatien and Villedoux.
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-Xandre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Xandre