Balanzac travel guide
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Visit Balanzac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balanzac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 53 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Balanzac is 421 km from Paris and 612 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mornac-sur-Seudre at 15 km from Balanzac
Popular places to visit near Balanzac: these include Mornac-sur-Seudre at 15 km and Saintes at 15 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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 Balanzac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balanzac
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 Balanzac.
Note that all distances from Balanzac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balanzac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balanzac (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 Balanzac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (10km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (36km) : Jardins de la Boirie (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (15km) : Talmont (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (15km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (25km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (44km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (16km) : Royan (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (24km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Balanzac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balanzac
Canton: Saujon
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17600
Distance to Balanzac
from La Rochelle: 53 km
from Paris: 421 km
from Calais: 612 km
from Nice: 679 km
from Bordeaux: 103 km
from Strasbourg: 721 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balanzac): Corme-Royal, La Clisse, Les Essards, Luchat, Nancras, Pisany, Sablonceaux, Saint-Romain-de-Benet, Sainte-Gemme and Soulignonne.
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 Balanzac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balanzac