Echillais travel guide
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Visit Echillais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echillais is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 33 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Echillais is 412 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 5 km from Echillais
Popular places to visit near Echillais: these include Rochefort at 5 km and Brouage at 11 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 5km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Echillais: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Echillais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Echillais
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 Echillais.
Note that all distances from Echillais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Echillais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Echillais (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 Echillais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (15km) : Jardins de la Boirie (28km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (22km) : Talmont (41km) : La Flotte-en-Re (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (27km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (30km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (31km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (46km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (31km) : Royan (31km) : Marans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (5km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Echillais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échillais
Canton: Saint-Agnant
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17620
Distance to Echillais
from La Rochelle: 33 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 693 km
from Bordeaux: 122 km
from Strasbourg: 721 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Echillais): Beaugeay, Rochefort, Saint-Agnant, Saint-Hippolyte, Sainte-Radegonde, Soubise, Tonnay-Charente and Trizay.
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 Echillais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Echillais