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Visit Cozes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cozes is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 69 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Cozes is 436 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Talmont at 8 km from Cozes
Popular places to visit near Cozes: these include Talmont at 8 km and Meschers-sur-Gironde at 10 km.
Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km and Royan is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Cozes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cozes
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 Cozes.
Note that all distances from Cozes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cozes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cozes (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 Cozes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (20km) : La Roche Courbon (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (8km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (24km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (24km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (15km) : Saintes (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Cozes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cozes
Canton: Cozes
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17120
Distance to Cozes
from La Rochelle: 69 km
from Paris: 436 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 674 km
from Bordeaux: 85 km
from Strasbourg: 730 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 Cozes): Arces, Corme-Ecluse, Epargnes, Grezac, Talmont and Thaims.
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 Cozes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cozes