Sainte-Gemmes travel guide
Visit Sainte-Gemmes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Vendome at 15 km from Sainte-Gemmes
Location: Sainte-Gemmes is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 23 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Gemmes is 142 km from Paris and 353 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Gemmes: these include Vendome at 15 km and Blois at 24 km. Jardin du château de Talcy is a listed remarkable garden at 13 km and Talcy Chateau is a listed national monument at 13 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-Gemmes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Gemmes
See France This Way travel guides for Loir-et-Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Gemmes.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Gemmes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Gemmes 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 France and Loir-et-Cher gites and villas
Markets near Sainte-Gemmes
- Oucques: market every Wednesday (4km)
- Marchenoir: market every Tuesday (10km)
- Pezou: market every Thursday (12km)
- Saint-Ouen: market every Wednesday (14km)
- Mer: market every Monday (19km)
- Montlivault: market every Tuesday (22km)
- Cloyes-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (23km)
- Saint-Claude-de-Diray: market every Tuesday & Friday (23km)
- Blois: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (23km)
- Ouzouer-le-Marche: market every Friday (23km)
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-Gemmes and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sainte-Gemmes map below.
Most Beautiful Village Lavardin (29km)
National Monument Talcy Chateau (13km); Chateaudun (31km); Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (39km)
Recommended Detour Beaugency (27km); Chateaudun (31km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Talcy (13km); Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (23km); Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (26km); Parc du château de Beauregard (30km); Les prés-Culand (32km); Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (36km); Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (48km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Blois (23km)
Town Of Art And History Vendome (15km); Blois (24km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vendome (15km); Blois (23km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Réserve de Beaumarchais (37km)
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Gemmes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Gemmes
Canton: Selommes
Arrondissement: Vendôme
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41290
Distance to Sainte-Gemmes
from Blois (local prefecture): 23 km
from Paris: 142 km
from Calais: 353 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 358 km
from Strasbourg: 488 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Gemmes): Baigneaux, Beauvilliers, Boisseau, Conan, Epiais, La Chapelle-Encherie, Oucques, Rhodon, Selommes and Villeneuve-Frouville.
Getting here
Loir-et-Cher is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Sainte-Gemmes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Gemmes