Sainte-Gemme travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Gemme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Gemme is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 48 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Gemme is 421 km from Paris and 610 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mornac-sur-Seudre at 13 km from Sainte-Gemme
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Gemme: these include Mornac-sur-Seudre at 13 km and Brouage at 17 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Mornac-sur-Seudre is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km. 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 Sainte-Gemme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Gemme
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 Sainte-Gemme.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Gemme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Gemme holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Gemme (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 Sainte-Gemme and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (10km) : Jardins de la Boirie (38km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (40km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (13km) : Talmont (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (20km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (26km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (19km) : Saintes (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (20km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Gemme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Gemme
Canton: Saint-Porchaire
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17250
Distance to Sainte-Gemme
from La Rochelle: 48 km
from Paris: 421 km
from Calais: 610 km
from Nice: 684 km
from Bordeaux: 107 km
from Strasbourg: 723 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 Sainte-Gemme): Balanzac, Le Gua, Nancras, Sablonceaux, Saint-Jean-d'Angle and Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult.
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 Sainte-Gemme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Gemme