Sainte-Helene travel guide

Sainte-Helene photo, taken in Carnac France

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Visit Sainte-Helene: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Sainte-Helene is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 34 km from Vannes, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Helene is 430 km from Paris and 513 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Carnac at 18 km from Sainte-Helene

Popular places to visit near Sainte-Helene: these include Carnac at 18 km and Saint-Goustan at 18 km.

Jardins de Kerambar’h is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon is a listed 'grand site of france' at 12km. 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

photo of Carnac
Carnac 18km
photo of Auray
Auray 18km
photo of Lorient
Lorient 19km
photo of Arzon
Arzon 30km

See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (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 Brittany and Morbihan 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!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Kerambar’h (10km) : Parc Victor Chevassu (12km) :
  2. National Monuments: Megalithic site of Carnac (18km) : Megaliths of Locmariaquer (25km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Carnac (18km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Vannes (34km) : La Vraie-Croix (49km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Lorient (19km) :
  6. Grand Site of France: Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon (12km) :

Map of places to visit near Sainte-Helene & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Sainte-Hélène

Canton: Port-Louis

Arrondissement: Lorient

Department: Morbihan

Region: Brittany

Postcode: 56700

Distance to Sainte-Helene

from Vannes: 34 km

from Paris: 430 km

from Calais: 513 km

from Nice: 927 km

from Bordeaux: 379 km

from Strasbourg: 818 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Helene): Belz, Kervignac, Merlevenez, Nostang and Plouhinec.

Getting here

Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Sainte-Helene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Helene