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Visit Bois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bois is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 86 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Bois is 436 km from Paris and 634 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 14 km from Bois
Popular places to visit near Bois: these include Jonzac at 14 km and Talmont at 25 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' 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 Bois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bois
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 Bois.
Note that all distances from Bois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bois (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 Bois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (10km) : Jardin du Chaigne (35km) : La Roche Courbon (40km) : Parc du château Lanessan (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (25km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (24km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (29km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (32km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (33km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (28km) : Royan (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Bois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bois
Canton: Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17240
Distance to Bois
from La Rochelle: 86 km
from Paris: 436 km
from Calais: 634 km
from Nice: 653 km
from Bordeaux: 72 km
from Strasbourg: 720 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bois): Belluire, Champagnolles, Fleac-sur-Seugne, Mosnac, Plassac, Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, Saint-Germain-du-Seudre, Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin, Saint-Quantin-de-Rancanne and Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont.
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 Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bois