Chives travel guide
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Visit Chives: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chives is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 82 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Chives is 372 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 15 km from Chives
Popular places to visit near Chives: these include Tusson at 15 km and Ruffec at 26 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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 Chives, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chives
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 Chives.
Note that all distances from Chives shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chives holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chives (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 Chives and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (15km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Jardin du Chaigne (45km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (25km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (31km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (40km) : Saintes (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Chives & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chives
Canton: Aulnay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17510
Distance to Chives
from La Rochelle: 82 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 635 km
from Bordeaux: 130 km
from Strasbourg: 662 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chives): Barbezieres, Bazauges, Couture-d'Argenson, Fontaine-Chalendray, Les Gours, Lupsault, Romazieres, Saleignes and Villiers-Couture.
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 Chives from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chives