Ile d'Oleron travel guide
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Visit Ile d'Oleron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ile d'Oleron is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 30 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ile d'Oleron is 429 km from Paris and 607 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Ile d'Oleron
Popular places to visit near Ile d'Oleron: these include Ile-d'Aix at 16 km and Ronce-les-Bains at 19 km.
Jardins de la Boirie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Jardins du phare de Chassiron is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Ile d'Oleron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ile d'Oleron
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 Ile d'Oleron.
Note that all distances from Ile d'Oleron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ile d'Oleron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ile d'Oleron (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 Ile d'Oleron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (4km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (14km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (30km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (33km) : Ars-en-Re (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Ile d'Oleron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ile d'Oleron
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: na
Distance to Ile d'Oleron
from La Rochelle: 30 km
from Paris: 429 km
from Calais: 607 km
from Nice: 721 km
from Bordeaux: 134 km
from Strasbourg: 746 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ile d'Oleron): Dolus-d'Oleron and Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron.
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 Ile d'Oleron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ile d'Oleron