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Visit Avy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avy is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 84 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Avy is 426 km from Paris and 625 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 13 km from Avy
Popular places to visit near Avy: these include Jonzac at 13 km and Cognac at 21 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Avy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avy
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 Avy.
Note that all distances from Avy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avy (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 Avy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (20km) : Jardin du Chaigne (28km) : La Roche Courbon (37km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (31km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (14km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (23km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (24km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (24km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) : Royan (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Avy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avy
Canton: Pons
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17800
Distance to Avy
from La Rochelle: 84 km
from Paris: 426 km
from Calais: 625 km
from Nice: 649 km
from Bordeaux: 80 km
from Strasbourg: 710 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avy): Belluire, Biron, Bougneau, Chadenac, Echebrune, Fleac-sur-Seugne, Marignac, Mazerolles, Mosnac, Pons and Saint-Gregoire-d'Ardennes.
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 Avy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avy