Champagne travel guide
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Visit Champagne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Champagne is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 41 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Champagne is 416 km from Paris and 604 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Brouage at 13 km from Champagne
Popular places to visit near Champagne: these include Brouage at 13 km and Rochefort at 13 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km. 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 Champagne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Champagne
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 Champagne.
Note that all distances from Champagne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Champagne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Champagne (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 Champagne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (9km) : Jardins de la Boirie (33km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (43km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (16km) : Talmont (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (23km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (25km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (24km) : Royan (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (13km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Champagne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Champagne
Canton: Saint-Agnant
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17620
Distance to Champagne
from La Rochelle: 41 km
from Paris: 416 km
from Calais: 604 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 113 km
from Strasbourg: 721 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Champagne): Beurlay, Pont-l'Abbe-d'Arnoult, Saint-Agnant, Saint-Jean-d'Angle, Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult, Sainte-Radegonde and Trizay.
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 Champagne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Champagne