Echebrune travel guide
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Visit Echebrune: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echebrune is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 85 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Echebrune is 421 km from Paris and 621 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 15 km from Echebrune
Popular places to visit near Echebrune: these include Jonzac at 15 km and Cognac at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km. 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 Echebrune, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Echebrune
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 Echebrune.
Note that all distances from Echebrune shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Echebrune holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Echebrune (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 Echebrune and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (23km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (26km) : La Roche Courbon (38km) : Logis de Forge (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (36km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (17km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (19km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (21km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) : Royan (45km) : Angouleme (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Echebrune & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échebrune
Canton: Pons
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17800
Distance to Echebrune
from La Rochelle: 85 km
from Paris: 421 km
from Calais: 621 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 83 km
from Strasbourg: 704 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Echebrune): Avy, Biron, Bougneau, Celles, Chadenac, Coulonges, Jarnac-Champagne, Lonzac, Perignac and Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne.
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 Echebrune from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Echebrune