Sainte-Helene travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Helene: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Helene is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 53 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Helene is 290 km from Paris and 509 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 16 km from Sainte-Helene
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Helene: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 16 km and Cormatin at 24 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (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 France and Saone-et-Loire 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 et jardins du château de Sully (31km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (19km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (26km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (30km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (34km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (36km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (16km) : Autun (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Helene & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Hélène
Canton: Buxy
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71390
Distance to Sainte-Helene
from Macon: 53 km
from Paris: 290 km
from Calais: 509 km
from Nice: 397 km
from Bordeaux: 457 km
from Strasbourg: 309 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Helene): Barizey, Bissey-sous-Cruchaud, Buxy, Cersot, Chatel-Moron, Jambles, Marcilly-les-Buxy, Montagny-les-Buxy, Morey, Moroges, Rosey, Saint-Denis-de-Vaux, Saint-Desert, Saint-Jean-de-Vaux, Saint-Prive, Sassangy and Villeneuve-en-Montagne.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Sainte-Helene from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Helene