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Visit Benon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Benon is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 26 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Benon is 379 km from Paris and 563 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 13 km from Benon
Popular places to visit near Benon: these include Surgeres at 13 km and Marans at 18 km.
Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Benon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Benon
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 Benon.
Note that all distances from Benon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Benon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Benon (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 Benon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (42km) : La Roche Courbon (43km) : Jardins de Chaligny (47km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (47km) : Jardins de la Boirie (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (22km) : La Flotte-en-Re (39km) : Vouvant (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (16km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (24km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (41km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (18km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (18km) : Brouage Fortifications (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Benon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Benon
Canton: Courçon
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17170
Distance to Benon
from La Rochelle: 26 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 563 km
from Nice: 694 km
from Bordeaux: 153 km
from Strasbourg: 696 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Benon): Bouhet, Courcon, Ferrieres, La Greve-sur-Mignon, La Laigne, Le Gue-d'Allere and Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis.
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 Benon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Benon