Ars-en-Re travel guide
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Visit Ars-en-Re: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ars-en-Re is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ars-en-Re is 413 km from Paris and 583 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Ars-en-Re (page also includes a photo gallery for Ars-en-Re)
Popular places to visit near Ars-en-Re: these include Ile de Re at 8 km and Saint-Martin-de-Re at 11 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km and Jardins du phare de Chassiron is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ars-en-Re: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ars-en-Re, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ars-en-Re
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 Ars-en-Re.
Note that all distances from Ars-en-Re shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ars-en-Re holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ars-en-Re (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 Ars-en-Re and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (22km) : Jardins de la Boirie (33km) : Jardins de Chaligny (49km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (14km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Ars-en-Re & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ars-en-Ré
Canton: Ars-en-Ré
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17590
Distance to Ars-en-Re
from La Rochelle: 28 km
from Paris: 413 km
from Calais: 583 km
from Nice: 744 km
from Bordeaux: 169 km
from Strasbourg: 745 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ars-en-Re): Les Portes-en-Re, Loix and Saint-Clement-des-Baleines.
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 Ars-en-Re from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ars-en-Re