Clerac travel guide
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Visit Clerac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Clerac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 130 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Clerac is 453 km from Paris and 660 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Libourne at 30 km from Clerac
Popular places to visit near Clerac: these include Libourne at 30 km and Saint-Emilion at 32 km.
Jardin du Fond de l’or is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. 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 Clerac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Clerac
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 Clerac.
Note that all distances from Clerac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Clerac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Clerac (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 Clerac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Fond de l’or (26km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (32km) : Parc du château Lanessan (40km) : Jardin du Chaigne (42km) : Jardins du Sardy (45km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (27km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (43km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (46km) : Pey-Berland Tower (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (26km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (33km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (45km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (46km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (32km) : Bordeaux Port (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Clerac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Clérac
Canton: Montguyon
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17270
Distance to Clerac
from La Rochelle: 130 km
from Paris: 453 km
from Calais: 660 km
from Nice: 617 km
from Bordeaux: 47 km
from Strasbourg: 714 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Clerac): Bedenac, Cercoux, Montguyon, Orignolles, Saint-Martin-d'Ary and Saint-Pierre-du-Palais.
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 Clerac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Clerac