Archingeay travel guide
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Visit Archingeay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Archingeay is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 43 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Archingeay is 398 km from Paris and 589 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 19 km from Archingeay
Popular places to visit near Archingeay: these include Surgeres at 19 km and Rochefort at 20 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Archingeay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Archingeay
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 Archingeay.
Note that all distances from Archingeay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Archingeay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Archingeay (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 Archingeay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (13km) : Jardins de la Boirie (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (35km) : Coulon (45km) : Talmont (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (10km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (21km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (22km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (22km) : Royan (42km) : Marans (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (20km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (30km) : Marais Poitevin (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Archingeay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Archingeay
Canton: Saint-Savinien
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17380
Distance to Archingeay
from La Rochelle: 43 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 589 km
from Nice: 676 km
from Bordeaux: 122 km
from Strasbourg: 703 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Archingeay): Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie, Les Nouillers, Puy-du-Lac, Saint-Coutant-le-Grand, Saint-Savinien and Tonnay-Boutonne.
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 Archingeay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Archingeay