Angoulins travel guide
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Visit Angoulins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Angoulins is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 7 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Angoulins is 402 km from Paris and 581 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 7 km from Angoulins
Popular places to visit near Angoulins: these include La Rochelle at 7 km and Ile-d'Aix at 11 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km and Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Angoulins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Angoulins
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 Angoulins.
Note that all distances from Angoulins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Angoulins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Angoulins (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 Angoulins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (22km) : Jardins de la Boirie (23km) : La Roche Courbon (40km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (19km) : Ars-en-Re (33km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (44km) : Coulon (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (36km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (48km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (28km) : Marais Poitevin (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Angoulins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Angoulins
Canton: Aytré
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17690
Distance to Angoulins
from La Rochelle: 7 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 581 km
from Nice: 711 km
from Bordeaux: 147 km
from Strasbourg: 722 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Angoulins): Aytre, Chatelaillon-Plage, La Jarne, Perigny, Saint-Rogatien, Saint-Vivien and Salles-sur-Mer.
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 Angoulins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Angoulins