La Barde travel guide
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Visit La Barde: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Barde is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 144 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Barde is 453 km from Paris and 663 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 23 km from La Barde
Popular places to visit near La Barde: these include Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 23 km and Saint-Emilion at 27 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 23km. 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 La Barde, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Barde
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 La Barde.
Note that all distances from La Barde shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Barde holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Barde (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 La Barde and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Fond de l’or (30km) : Jardins du Sardy (32km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (33km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (40km) : Jardin du Chaigne (48km) :
- National Monuments: Montcaret Archaeological site (31km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (38km) : Sauve-Majeure Abbey (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (16km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (27km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (33km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (45km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (47km) :
Map of places to visit near La Barde & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barde
Canton: Montguyon
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17360
Distance to La Barde
from La Rochelle: 144 km
from Paris: 453 km
from Calais: 663 km
from Nice: 601 km
from Bordeaux: 53 km
from Strasbourg: 706 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Barde): Chamadelle, La Roche-Chalais, Saint-Aigulin, Saint-Christophe-de-Double and Saint-Martin-de-Coux.
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 La Barde from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Barde