Sainte-Foy-la-Grande travel guide
Visit Sainte-Foy-la-Grande: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Sainte-Foy-la-Grande travel guide
Location: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 63 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is 475 km from Paris and 690 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Foy-la-Grande: these include Eynesse at 5 km and Pellegrue at 16 km. Jardins du Sardy is a listed remarkable garden at 9 km and Montcaret Archaeological site is a listed national monument at 12 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 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Foy-la-Grande shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 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 Aquitaine and Gironde gites and villas
Markets near Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
- Duras: market every Thursday - seasonal market only - (18km)
- Duras: market every Saturday & Monday (18km)
- Montpon-Menesterol: market every Wednesday (19km)
- Bergerac: market every Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (21km)
- Castillon-la-Bataille: market every Monday (21km)
- Eymet: market every Thursday (24km)
- Mussidan: market every Saturday (24km)
- Miramont-de-Guyenne: market every Friday - seasonal market only - (29km)
- Miramont-de-Guyenne: market every Monday (29km)
- Branne: market every Thursday & Saturday (32km)
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 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sainte-Foy-la-Grande map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Emilion (30km); Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (55km)
National Monument Montcaret Archaeological site (12km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (27km); Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (30km); Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (54km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du Sardy (9km); Parc et potager de Pouthet (24km); Jardins du château de Montréal (27km); Jardin du cloître Notre-Dame (37km); Jardins de Beauchamp (37km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saint-Emilion (30km); Perigueux (55km)
Town Of Art And History Perigueux (56km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Bergerac (21km); Perigueux (55km)
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Foy-la-Grande & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
Canton: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
Arrondissement: Libourne
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33220
Distance to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
from Bordeaux (local prefecture): 63 km
from Paris: 475 km
from Calais: 690 km
from Nice: 575 km
from Bordeaux: 63 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande): Eynesse, Fougueyrolles, La Roquille, Le Fleix, Ligueux, Nastringues, Pineuilh, Razac-de-Saussignac, Saint-Andre-et-Appelles, Saint-Antoine-de-Breuilh, Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal.
Getting here
Gironde is in the south-west of France. Most visitors will fly into Bordeaux airport (or Bergerac) while drivers should allow 7-8 hours driving time from the ports at Le Havre or Cherbourg. For driving distances to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Foy-la-Grande