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Visit Ballon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ballon is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 19 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ballon is 398 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 13 km from Ballon
Popular places to visit near Ballon: these include Rochefort at 13 km and Surgeres at 16 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 25km. 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 Ballon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ballon
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 Ballon.
Note that all distances from Ballon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ballon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ballon (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 Ballon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (29km) : Jardins de la Boirie (30km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (32km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (39km) : Coulon (41km) : Ars-en-Re (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (33km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (34km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (39km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (42km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (43km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (28km) : Saintes (43km) : Royan (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (25km) : Marais Poitevin (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Ballon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ballon
Canton: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17290
Distance to Ballon
from La Rochelle: 19 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 698 km
from Bordeaux: 139 km
from Strasbourg: 713 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ballon): Ardillieres, Cire-d'Aunis, Croix-Chapeau, Forges, Le Thou and Thaire.
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 Ballon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ballon