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Visit Bran: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bran is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 114 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Bran is 437 km from Paris and 642 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Barbezieux at 16 km from Bran
Popular places to visit near Bran: these include Barbezieux at 16 km and Jonzac at 17 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Jardin du Chaigne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km. 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 Bran, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bran
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 Bran.
Note that all distances from Bran shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bran holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bran (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 Bran and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (24km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (36km) : Logis de Forge (38km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (44km) : Parc du château Lanessan (45km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (36km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (39km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Bran & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bran
Canton: Montendre
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17210
Distance to Bran
from La Rochelle: 114 km
from Paris: 437 km
from Calais: 642 km
from Nice: 624 km
from Bordeaux: 62 km
from Strasbourg: 706 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bran): Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, Chantillac, Chatenet, Chevanceaux, Le Pin, Le Tatre, Leoville, Merignac, Messac, Sousmoulins, Touverac and Vanzac.
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 Bran from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bran