Fouras travel guide
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Visit Fouras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fouras is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 20 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Fouras is 410 km from Paris and 593 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ile-d'Aix at 7 km from Fouras
Popular places to visit near Fouras: these include Ile-d'Aix at 7 km and Rochefort at 11 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Fouras: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fouras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fouras
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 Fouras.
Note that all distances from Fouras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fouras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fouras (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 Fouras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (18km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (23km) : La Roche Courbon (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (29km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (31km) : Ars-en-Re (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (39km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (44km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (45km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (37km) : Royan (41km) : Saintes (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (11km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Fouras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fouras
Canton: Rochefort-Nord
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17450
Distance to Fouras
from La Rochelle: 20 km
from Paris: 410 km
from Calais: 593 km
from Nice: 705 km
from Bordeaux: 134 km
from Strasbourg: 726 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fouras): Port-Des-Barques, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Pree, Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente and Yves.
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 Fouras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fouras