Genouille travel guide
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Visit Genouille: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Genouille is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 32 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Genouille is 393 km from Paris and 581 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 9 km from Genouille
Popular places to visit near Genouille: these include Surgeres at 9 km and Rochefort at 17 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km and Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Genouille, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Genouille
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 Genouille.
Note that all distances from Genouille shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Genouille holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Genouille (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 Genouille and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (22km) : Jardins de la Boirie (41km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (37km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (39km) : La Flotte-en-Re (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (30km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (33km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (33km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (37km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (38km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (34km) : Marans (36km) : Royan (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (30km) : Marais Poitevin (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Genouille & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genouillé
Canton: Tonnay-Charente
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17430
Distance to Genouille
from La Rochelle: 32 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 581 km
from Nice: 684 km
from Bordeaux: 133 km
from Strasbourg: 703 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Genouille): Annezay, Chervettes, Moragne, Muron, Saint-Crepin and Vandre.
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 Genouille from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Genouille