Grandjean travel guide
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Visit Grandjean: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Grandjean is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 53 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Grandjean is 399 km from Paris and 592 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 15 km from Grandjean
Popular places to visit near Grandjean: these include Saintes at 15 km and Surgeres at 27 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Grandjean, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grandjean
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 Grandjean.
Note that all distances from Grandjean shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Grandjean holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grandjean (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 Grandjean and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (15km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (37km) : Talmont (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (2km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (15km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (15km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (15km) : Royan (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Grandjean & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grandjean
Canton: Saint-Savinien
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17350
Distance to Grandjean
from La Rochelle: 53 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 592 km
from Nice: 667 km
from Bordeaux: 116 km
from Strasbourg: 698 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grandjean): Annepont, Bignay, Fenioux, Juicq, La Frediere, Les Nouillers, Mazeray, Port-d'Envaux, Saint-Savinien, Taillant and Taillebourg.
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 Grandjean from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Grandjean