Simard travel guide
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Visit Simard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Simard is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 54 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Simard is 318 km from Paris and 529 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chalon-sur-Saone at 26 km from Simard
Popular places to visit near Simard: these include Chalon-sur-Saone at 26 km and Tournus at 27 km.
Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 26km and Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 27km. 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 Simard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Simard
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 Simard.
Note that all distances from Simard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Simard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Simard (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 Simard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (28km) : Jardin à la Faulx (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (34km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (38km) : Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Beaune (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (26km) : Dole (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Simard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Simard
Canton: Montret
Arrondissement: Louhans
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71330
Distance to Simard
from Macon: 54 km
from Paris: 318 km
from Calais: 529 km
from Nice: 373 km
from Bordeaux: 493 km
from Strasbourg: 283 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Simard): Devrouze, Diconne, Juif, Montret, Saint-Germain-du-Bois, Saint-Usuge, Thurey and Verissey.
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 Simard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Simard