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Visit Clion: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Clion is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 91 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Clion is 433 km from Paris and 633 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 6 km from Clion
Popular places to visit near Clion: these include Jonzac at 6 km and Barbezieux at 27 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 6km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Clion, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Clion
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 Clion.
Note that all distances from Clion shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Clion holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Clion (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 Clion and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (17km) : Jardin du Chaigne (28km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) : Parc du château Lanessan (44km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (32km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (27km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (30km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (31km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (32km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (45km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (46km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (31km) : Royan (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Clion & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Clion
Canton: Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17240
Distance to Clion
from La Rochelle: 91 km
from Paris: 433 km
from Calais: 633 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 72 km
from Strasbourg: 714 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Clion): Clam, Guitinieres, Jonzac, Lussac, Marignac, Mosnac, Plassac, Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, Saint-Georges-Antignac, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan, Saint-Gregoire-d'Ardennes, Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne and Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont.
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 Clion from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Clion