Sainte-Helene travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Helene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Helene is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 33 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Helene is 497 km from Paris and 696 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lacanau at 16 km from Sainte-Helene
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Helene: these include Lacanau at 16 km and Margaux at 18 km.
Parc du château Lanessan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km and Bordeaux Port is a listed 'heritage site' at 28km. 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-Helene, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Helene
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Helene.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Helene shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Helene holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Helene (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 Aquitaine and Gironde 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-Helene and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château Lanessan (21km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (43km) : Parc du château de Grenade (46km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (46km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (47km) :
- National Monuments: Pey-Berland Tower (28km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (31km) :
- Heritage Sites: Bordeaux Port (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (28km) :
- Grand Site of France: Dune du Pilat (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Helene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Hélène
Canton: Castelnau-de-Médoc
Arrondissement: Bordeaux
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33480
Distance to Sainte-Helene
from Bordeaux: 33 km
from Paris: 497 km
from Calais: 696 km
from Nice: 663 km
from Bordeaux: 28 km
from Strasbourg: 770 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Helene): Salaunes.
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-Helene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Helene