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Visit Cresse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cresse is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 77 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Cresse is 380 km from Paris and 580 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 22 km from Cresse
Popular places to visit near Cresse: these include Tusson at 22 km and Cognac at 26 km.
Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Cresse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cresse
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 Cresse.
Note that all distances from Cresse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cresse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cresse (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 Cresse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (35km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (40km) : Jardin du Chaigne (41km) : La Roche Courbon (45km) : Logis de Forge (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (23km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (25km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (37km) : Angouleme (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Cresse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cressé
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Cresse
from La Rochelle: 77 km
from Paris: 380 km
from Calais: 580 km
from Nice: 639 km
from Bordeaux: 123 km
from Strasbourg: 670 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cresse): Bazauges, Beauvais-sur-Matha, Bresdon, Fontaine-Chalendray, Gourvillette, Haimps, Le Gicq, Les Touches-de-Perigny, Loire-sur-Nie, Massac, Saint-Ouen and Seigne.
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 Cresse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cresse