Floirac travel guide
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Visit Floirac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Floirac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 82 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Floirac is 443 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Talmont at 14 km from Floirac
Popular places to visit near Floirac: these include Talmont at 14 km and Meschers-sur-Gironde at 18 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Floirac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Floirac
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 Floirac.
Note that all distances from Floirac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Floirac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Floirac (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 Floirac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (6km) : La Roche Courbon (38km) : Parc du château Lanessan (40km) : Jardin du Chaigne (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (14km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (31km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (34km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (43km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (45km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (27km) : Saintes (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Floirac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Floirac
Canton: Cozes
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17120
Distance to Floirac
from La Rochelle: 82 km
from Paris: 443 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 664 km
from Bordeaux: 72 km
from Strasbourg: 730 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 Floirac): Boutenac-Touvent, Brie-sous-Mortagne, Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet, Lorignac, Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Saint-Dizant-du-Gua, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde and Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde.
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 Floirac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Floirac