Bords travel guide
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Visit Bords: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bords is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 40 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Bords is 405 km from Paris and 595 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 14 km from Bords
Popular places to visit near Bords: these include Rochefort at 14 km and Saintes at 21 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bords, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bords
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 Bords.
Note that all distances from Bords shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bords holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bords (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 Bords and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (8km) : Jardins de la Boirie (40km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (27km) : Talmont (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (15km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (21km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (29km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (22km) : Royan (35km) : Marans (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (14km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (22km) : Marais Poitevin (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Bords & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bords
Canton: Saint-Savinien
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17430
Distance to Bords
from La Rochelle: 40 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 595 km
from Nice: 681 km
from Bordeaux: 119 km
from Strasbourg: 710 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 Bords): Beurlay, Cabariot, Champdolent, Geay, La Vallee and Romegoux.
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 Bords from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bords