Saint-Chinian tourism and travel guide

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Visit Saint-Chinian: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The busy village of Saint-Chinian in the Minerves is best known for the good quality wind produced here

Saint-Chinian is situated in the Herault department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Saint-Chinian in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Bize-Minervois at 13 km and Aigne at 14 km.

Saint-Chinian, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Roquebrun

at 11 km (direction north-east)

The seting on the River Orb and the Mediterranean garden add to the charm...

See Roquebrun guide

Bize-Minervois

at 13 km (direction south-west), in the Aude department

Bize-Minervois is a small village but its pretty houses and popular swimming river in...

See Bize-Minervois guide

Aigne

at 14 km (direction south-west)

The fortified village centre of Aigne make it one of our favourite Minervois villages...

See Aigne guide

Olargues

Most Beautiful Village at 15 km (direction north-north-west)

With a lovely medieval centre and the scenic background of the Jaur river that...

See Olargues guide

Minerve

Most Beautiful Village at 18 km (direction west-south-west)

The ancient streets of the attractive village of Minerve are very pleasant to explore,...

See Minerve guide

Beziers

at 24 km (direction east-south-east)

Beziers is a lively, thriving town with a good number of interesting monuments to...

See Beziers guide

Narbonne

at 27 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aude department

Among other highlights, the parts of Narbonne along the canal and around the cathedral...

See Narbonne guide

Fontfroide Abbey

Abbey at 33 km (direction south), in the Aude department

The Abbey at Fontfroide dates from the 12th century, and is one of the...

See Fontfroide Abbey guide

Caunes-Minervois

at 35 km (direction west-south-west), in the Aude department

If you are exploreing the Minervois wine region you will also want to take...

See Caunes-Minervois guide

Gruissan

at 37 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aude department

As well as the pleasure port and old village centre, Gruissan is also well...

See Gruissan guide

Pezenas

at 39 km (direction east)

The wide range of architecture and its unspoiled character make Pezenas one of our...

See Pezenas guide

Avene

at 39 km (direction north-north-east)

More famous for the beauty products produced here, the steep streets of the old...

See Avene guide

Cirque de Moureze

at 40 km (direction east-north-east)

The Cirque de Moureze is one of the loveliest scenic spectacles in northern Languedoc-Roussillon...

See Cirque de Moureze guide

Villeneuvette

at 42 km (direction east-north-east)

Villeneuvette is a pretty small village, interesting because it was originally built as a...

See Villeneuvette guide

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Markets in and near Saint-Chinian

Market days in Saint-Chinian: weekly market: Thursday & Sunday;

• Saint-Chinian: market Thursday & Sunday (0km)
• Capestang: market Sunday (13km)
• Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres: market Wednesday & Sunday (16km)
• Lamalou-les-Bains: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (22km)
• Coursan: market every day except Monday (23km)
• Olonzac: market Tuesday (23km)
• Labastide-Rouairoux: market Thursday (25km)
• Fleury: market every day (27km)
• Narbonne: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Monday - seasonal market only (27km)
• Narbonne: market Sunday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Chinian, France

What to do at Saint-Chinian? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Chinian.

Grand sites of France

• Valle du Salagou (43km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Olargues (15km)
• Minerve (18km)
• Lagrasse (45km)

National Monuments

• Enserune (19km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Pezenas (39km)
• Lodeve (46km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haut-Languedoc (28km)
• Narbonnaise en Méditerranée (37km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (34km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (29km)
• Parc et jardin du château de Margon (30km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Beziers (24km)
• Narbonne (27km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grotte de la Devèze (20km)
• Mont Caroux (21km)
• Gouffre de l'Œil Doux (32km)
• Forêt de Fontfroide (34km)
• Céressou (39km)
• Gouffre de Cabrespine (40km)
• Cirque du Moureze (40km)
• Cirque de Mourèze (40km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Fraisse-sur-Agout (24km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• African reserve of Sigean (39km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Chinian is in the south of France at 78 kilometres from Montpellier, the department capital (general information: Saint-Chinian is 606 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Chinian from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Assignan, Babeau-Bouldoux, Cebazan, Creissan, Pierrerue, Prades-sur-Vernazobre and Villespassans.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Chinian