La Chay travel guide
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Visit La Chay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Chay is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 61 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Chay is 433 km from Paris and 624 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Meschers-sur-Gironde at 11 km from La Chay
Popular places to visit near La Chay: these include Meschers-sur-Gironde at 11 km and Royan at 11 km.
Royan is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Chay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Chay
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 Chay.
Note that all distances from La Chay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Chay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Chay (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 Chay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (22km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (28km) : Jardins de la Boirie (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (12km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (23km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (36km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (10km) : Saintes (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (27km) :
Map of places to visit near La Chay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chay
Canton: Saujon
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17600
Distance to La Chay
from La Rochelle: 61 km
from Paris: 433 km
from Calais: 624 km
from Nice: 681 km
from Bordeaux: 93 km
from Strasbourg: 731 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Chay): Corme-Ecluse, Grezac, Medis, Saint-Romain-de-Benet, Saujon and Semussac.
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 Chay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Chay