La Benate travel guide
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Visit La Benate: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Benate is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 48 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Benate is 385 km from Paris and 577 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 17 km from La Benate
Popular places to visit near La Benate: these include Surgeres at 17 km and Saintes at 30 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' 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 La Benate, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Benate
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 Benate.
Note that all distances from La Benate shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Benate holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Benate (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 Benate and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (27km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (35km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (13km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (25km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (28km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (30km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (30km) : Marans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (37km) : Brouage Fortifications (43km) :
Map of places to visit near La Benate & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Benâte
Canton: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17400
Distance to La Benate
from La Rochelle: 48 km
from Paris: 385 km
from Calais: 577 km
from Nice: 669 km
from Bordeaux: 131 km
from Strasbourg: 689 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Benate): Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie, Courant, La Vergne, Landes, Loulay, Lozay, Nachamps, Puyrolland, Saint-Denis-du-Pin and Saint-Loup.
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 Benate from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Benate