Epargnes travel guide
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Visit Epargnes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Epargnes is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 74 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Epargnes is 439 km from Paris and 633 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Talmont at 8 km from Epargnes
Popular places to visit near Epargnes: these include Talmont at 8 km and Meschers-sur-Gironde at 12 km.
Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Epargnes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Epargnes
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 Epargnes.
Note that all distances from Epargnes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Epargnes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Epargnes (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 Epargnes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (14km) : La Roche Courbon (31km) : Parc du château Lanessan (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (8km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (26km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (35km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (19km) : Saintes (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Epargnes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Épargnes
Canton: Cozes
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17120
Distance to Epargnes
from La Rochelle: 74 km
from Paris: 439 km
from Calais: 633 km
from Nice: 670 km
from Bordeaux: 80 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 Epargnes): Arces, Barzan, Boutenac-Touvent, Brie-sous-Mortagne, Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet and Cozes.
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 Epargnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Epargnes