Marais Poitevin travel guide
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Visit Marais Poitevin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marais Poitevin is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 45 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Marais Poitevin is 360 km from Paris and 547 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Marais Poitevin (page also includes a photo gallery for Marais Poitevin)
Popular places to visit near Marais Poitevin: these include Coulon at 3 km and Maillezais abbey at 13 km. Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 3km and Marais Poitevin is a listed 'grand site of france' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Marais Poitevin, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Marais Poitevin and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Marais Poitevin
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (36km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (42km) : La Guyonnière (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (3km) : Vouvant (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (7km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (13km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (15km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (47km) : Rochefort (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (24km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Marais Poitevin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marais Poitevin
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: na
Distance to Marais Poitevin
from La Rochelle: 45 km
from Paris: 360 km
from Calais: 547 km
from Nice: 682 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 677 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Marais Poitevin (within 6 km): Amure : Coulon : Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan : Le Mazeau : Magne : Saint-Georges-de-Rex : Sansais :
Marais Poitevin holidays and travel
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Family fun: Holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes
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Holiday rentals: Charente-Maritime gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Marais Poitevin