Ile de Re travel guide
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Visit Ile de Re: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ile de Re 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: Ile de Re is 408 km from Paris and 580 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Ile de Re
Popular places to visit near Ile de Re: these include Saint-Martin-de-Re at 3 km and La Flotte-en-Re at 7 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km. 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 de Re, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ile de Re
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 de Re.
Note that all distances from Ile de Re shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ile de Re holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ile de Re (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 de Re and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (19km) : Jardins de la Boirie (30km) : Jardins de Chaligny (45km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (7km) : Ars-en-Re (8km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Ile de Re & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ile-de-Ré
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: na
Distance to Ile de Re
from La Rochelle: 20 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 580 km
from Nice: 737 km
from Bordeaux: 165 km
from Strasbourg: 738 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 Ile de Re): La Couarde-sur-Mer, Le Bois-Plage-en-Re, Loix and Saint-Martin-de-Re.
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 de Re from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ile de Re