Echillais travel guide
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Visit Echillais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echillais is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 33 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Echillais is 412 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 5 km from Echillais
Popular places to visit near Echillais: these include Rochefort at 5 km and Brouage at 11 km. Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Echillais: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Echillais, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Echillais and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Echillais
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (15km) : Jardins de la Boirie (28km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (22km) : Talmont (41km) : La Flotte-en-Re (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (27km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (30km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (31km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (31km) : Royan (31km) : Marans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (5km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Echillais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échillais
Canton: Saint-Agnant
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17620
Distance to Echillais
from La Rochelle: 33 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 693 km
from Bordeaux: 122 km
from Strasbourg: 721 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Echillais (within 6 km): Beaugeay : Rochefort : Saint-Agnant : Saint-Hippolyte : Sainte-Radegonde : Soubise : Tonnay-Charente : Trizay :
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This page in French: Visitez Echillais