Bourcefranc-le-Chapus travel guide
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Visit Bourcefranc-le-Chapus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 35 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is 426 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ronce-les-Bains at 5 km from Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Popular places to visit near Bourcefranc-le-Chapus: these include Ronce-les-Bains at 5 km and Brouage at 5 km.
Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 5km and Jardins de la Boirie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
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 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.
Note that all distances from Bourcefranc-le-Chapus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bourcefranc-le-Chapus (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 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (17km) : La Roche Courbon (28km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (18km) : Talmont (39km) : La Flotte-en-Re (41km) : Ars-en-Re (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (41km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (26km) : Saintes (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (18km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (5km) :
Map of places to visit near Bourcefranc-le-Chapus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Canton: Marennes
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17560
Distance to Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
from La Rochelle: 35 km
from Paris: 426 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 705 km
from Bordeaux: 121 km
from Strasbourg: 737 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus): Brouage, Le Chateau-d'Oleron, Marennes and Saint-Trojan-les-Bains.
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 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bourcefranc-le-Chapus