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Visit Celles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Celles 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: Celles is 416 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 11 km from Celles
Popular places to visit near Celles: these include Cognac at 11 km and Jarnac at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Celles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Celles
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 Celles.
Note that all distances from Celles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Celles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Celles (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 Celles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (18km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (32km) : Logis de Forge (39km) : La Roche Courbon (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (11km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (13km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (20km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (25km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (33km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (25km) : Angouleme (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Celles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Celles
Canton: Archiac
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17520
Distance to Celles
from La Rochelle: 86 km
from Paris: 416 km
from Calais: 617 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 87 km
from Strasbourg: 698 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Celles): Angeac-Champagne, Ars, Cierzac, Coulonges, Echebrune, Gente, Germignac, Gimeux, Jarnac-Champagne, Lonzac, Saint-Fort-sur-le-Ne, Saint-Martial-sur-Ne and Salles-d'Angles.
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 Celles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Celles