Esnandes travel guide
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Visit Esnandes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Esnandes is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 11 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Esnandes is 389 km from Paris and 566 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 11 km from Esnandes
Popular places to visit near Esnandes: these include La Rochelle at 11 km and Marans at 12 km.
Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km. 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 Esnandes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Esnandes
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 Esnandes.
Note that all distances from Esnandes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Esnandes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Esnandes (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 Esnandes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (31km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (35km) : Jardins de Chaligny (35km) : Jardins de la Boirie (37km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (18km) : Ars-en-Re (31km) : Coulon (42km) : Vouvant (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (27km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (32km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (41km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (34km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) : Brouage Fortifications (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Esnandes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Esnandes
Canton: Rochelle 5e Canton
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17137
Distance to Esnandes
from La Rochelle: 11 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 566 km
from Nice: 717 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 715 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Esnandes): Charron, Marsilly, Nieul-sur-Mer, Saint-Xandre and Villedoux.
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 Esnandes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Esnandes