Ecoyeux travel guide
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Visit Ecoyeux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ecoyeux is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 63 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ecoyeux is 400 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 13 km from Ecoyeux
Popular places to visit near Ecoyeux: these include Saintes at 13 km and Cognac at 20 km.
Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) 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 Ecoyeux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ecoyeux
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 Ecoyeux.
Note that all distances from Ecoyeux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ecoyeux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ecoyeux (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 Ecoyeux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (22km) : Jardin du Chaigne (40km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (46km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (42km) : Talmont (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (7km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (10km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (13km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (13km) : Royan (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Ecoyeux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Écoyeux
Canton: Burie
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17770
Distance to Ecoyeux
from La Rochelle: 63 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 657 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 695 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ecoyeux): Bercloux, Brizambourg, Juicq, La Frediere, Le Douhet, Nantille, Sainte-Meme, Venerand and Villars-les-Bois.
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 Ecoyeux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ecoyeux