Courcoury travel guide
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Visit Courcoury: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Courcoury is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 67 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Courcoury is 413 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 6 km from Courcoury
Popular places to visit near Courcoury: these include Saintes at 6 km and Cognac at 20 km.
Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Saintes is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 5km. 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 Courcoury, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courcoury
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 Courcoury.
Note that all distances from Courcoury shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Courcoury holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Courcoury (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 Courcoury and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (20km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (33km) : Jardin du Chaigne (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (32km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (5km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (6km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (20km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (5km) : Royan (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Courcoury & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Courcoury
Canton: Saintes-Est
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17100
Distance to Courcoury
from La Rochelle: 67 km
from Paris: 413 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 659 km
from Bordeaux: 97 km
from Strasbourg: 706 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courcoury): Chaniers, La Chapelle-Des-Pots, Les Gonds, Preguillac, Saint-Cesaire, Saint-Sauvant, Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge and Saintes.
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 Courcoury from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Courcoury