Ferrieres travel guide
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Visit Ferrieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ferrieres is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ferrieres is 379 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marans at 14 km from Ferrieres
Popular places to visit near Ferrieres: these include Marans at 14 km and Surgeres at 16 km.
Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Ferrieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ferrieres
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 Ferrieres.
Note that all distances from Ferrieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ferrieres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ferrieres (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 Ferrieres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (38km) : Jardins de Chaligny (43km) : La Roche Courbon (45km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (46km) : Jardins de la Boirie (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (24km) : La Flotte-en-Re (36km) : Vouvant (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (14km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (24km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (39km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (27km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (19km) : Brouage Fortifications (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Ferrieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ferrières
Canton: Courçon
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17170
Distance to Ferrieres
from La Rochelle: 24 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 562 km
from Nice: 698 km
from Bordeaux: 156 km
from Strasbourg: 698 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 Ferrieres): Anais, Benon, Courcon, Le Gue-d'Allere, Nuaille-d'Aunis, Saint-Cyr-du-Doret, Saint-Jean-de-Liversay and Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis.
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 Ferrieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ferrieres