Cherac travel guide
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Visit Cherac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cherac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 75 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Cherac is 409 km from Paris and 607 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 9 km from Cherac
Popular places to visit near Cherac: these include Cognac at 9 km and Saintes at 16 km.
Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Cherac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cherac
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 Cherac.
Note that all distances from Cherac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cherac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cherac (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 Cherac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (28km) : La Roche Courbon (30km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (37km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (47km) : Logis de Forge (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (41km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (7km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (9km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (14km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (15km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (24km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (15km) : Angouleme (46km) : Royan (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Cherac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chérac
Canton: Burie
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17610
Distance to Cherac
from La Rochelle: 75 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 607 km
from Nice: 648 km
from Bordeaux: 97 km
from Strasbourg: 697 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cherac): Brives-sur-Charente, Dompierre-sur-Charente, Louzac-Saint-Andre, Merpins, Rouffiac, Saint-Cesaire, Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac, Saint-Sauvant, Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge and Salignac-sur-Charente.
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 Cherac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cherac