Sainte-Maxime travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Maxime: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Maxime is situated in the Var department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 61 km from Toulon, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Maxime is 700 km from Paris and 923 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Sainte-Maxime (page also includes a photo gallery for Sainte-Maxime)
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Maxime: these include Saint-Tropez at 4 km and Port Grimaud at 6 km.
Grimaud is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Jardin Germaine l’Hardy-Denonain is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sainte-Maxime: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sainte-Maxime, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Maxime
See France This Way travel guides for Var and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Maxime.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Maxime shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Maxime holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Maxime (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 Provence and Var 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-Maxime and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin Germaine l’Hardy-Denonain (10km) : Domaine du Rayol (21km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (34km) : Jardin d’oiseaux tropicaux (38km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (46km) : Parc Olbius Riquier (46km) : Parc Saint Bernard (46km) : Jardin du castel Sainte Claire (46km) : Le Plantier de Costebelle (48km) :
- National Monuments: Frejus Cathedral cloisters (16km) : Thoronet Abbey (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gassin (10km) : Seillans (36km) : Tourtour (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (16km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (17km) : Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) (31km) : Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bormes-les-Mimosas (30km) : Cannes (41km) : Hyeres (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Frejus (16km) : Grasse (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Grimaud (10km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Maxime & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Maxime
Canton: Grimaud
Arrondissement: Draguignan
Department: Var
Region: Provence
Postcode: 83120
Distance to Sainte-Maxime
from Toulon: 61 km
from Paris: 700 km
from Calais: 923 km
from Nice: 67 km
from Bordeaux: 601 km
from Strasbourg: 593 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Maxime): Port Grimaud and Saint-Tropez.
Getting here
Var is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at Nice or Toulon. To drive from the channel ports allow about 11 hours driving time. For driving distances to Sainte-Maxime from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Maxime