Chaniers travel guide
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Visit Chaniers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaniers is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 67 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Chaniers is 412 km from Paris and 608 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 7 km from Chaniers
Popular places to visit near Chaniers: these include Saintes at 7 km and Cognac at 18 km.
Saintes is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Chaniers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaniers
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 Chaniers.
Note that all distances from Chaniers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaniers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaniers (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 Chaniers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (21km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (34km) : Jardin du Chaigne (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (34km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (6km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (7km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (6km) : Royan (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaniers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaniers
Canton: Saintes-Est
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17610
Distance to Chaniers
from La Rochelle: 67 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 608 km
from Nice: 658 km
from Bordeaux: 98 km
from Strasbourg: 704 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 Chaniers): Courcoury, Dompierre-sur-Charente, Fontcouverte, La Chapelle-Des-Pots, Les Gonds, Preguillac, Rouffiac, Saint-Bris-Des-Bois, Saint-Cesaire, Saint-Sauvant, Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge and Saintes.
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 Chaniers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaniers