Sainte-Meme travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Meme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Meme is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 63 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Meme is 393 km from Paris and 589 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 20 km from Sainte-Meme
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Meme: these include Saintes at 20 km and Cognac at 22 km.
Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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-Meme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Meme
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Meme.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Meme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Meme holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Meme (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 Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime 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-Meme and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (27km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (41km) : Jardin du Chaigne (43km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (11km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (20km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (20km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Meme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Même
Canton: Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17770
Distance to Sainte-Meme
from La Rochelle: 63 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 589 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 116 km
from Strasbourg: 688 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Meme): Asnieres-la-Giraud, Aujac, Aumagne, Authon-Ebeon, Bercloux, Ecoyeux, Fontenet, Nantille and Varaize.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Sainte-Meme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Meme