Saintes travel guide
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Visit Saintes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saintes is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 62 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saintes is 412 km from Paris and 607 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saintes
Popular places to visit near Saintes: these include Saintes at 1 km and Cognac at 24 km.
Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Saintes is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saintes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Saintes has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saintes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saintes
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 Saintes.
Note that all distances from Saintes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saintes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saintes (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 Saintes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (15km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (35km) : Jardin du Chaigne (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (32km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (1km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (13km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saintes (1km) : Rochefort (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Saintes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saintes
Canton: Saintes
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17100
Distance to Saintes
from La Rochelle: 62 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 607 km
from Nice: 663 km
from Bordeaux: 101 km
from Strasbourg: 707 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saintes): Bussac-sur-Charente, Chaniers, Courcoury, Ecurat, Fontcouverte and Les Gonds.
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 Saintes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saintes