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Visit Clam: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Clam is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 92 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Clam is 429 km from Paris and 630 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 5 km from Clam
Popular places to visit near Clam: these include Jonzac at 5 km and Barbezieux at 23 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 5km and Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Clam, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Clam
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 Clam.
Note that all distances from Clam shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Clam holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Clam (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 Clam and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (21km) : Jardin du Chaigne (24km) : La Roche Courbon (45km) : Logis de Forge (45km) : Parc du château Lanessan (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (27km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (31km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (31km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (43km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (31km) : Royan (47km) : Angouleme (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (5km) :
Map of places to visit near Clam & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Clam
Canton: Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17500
Distance to Clam
from La Rochelle: 92 km
from Paris: 429 km
from Calais: 630 km
from Nice: 642 km
from Bordeaux: 74 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Clam): Chadenac, Clion, Guitinieres, Jonzac, Lussac, Marignac, Mosnac, Neuillac, Neulles, Reaux, Saint-Georges-Antignac, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan, Saint-Gregoire-d'Ardennes, Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne and Saint-Maurice-de-Tavernole.
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 Clam from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Clam