La Couarde-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit La Couarde-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Couarde-sur-Mer is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 21 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Couarde-sur-Mer is 410 km from Paris and 581 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ile de Re at 1 km from La Couarde-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near La Couarde-sur-Mer: these include Ile de Re at 1 km and Saint-Martin-de-Re at 4 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km. 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 Couarde-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Couarde-sur-Mer
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 Couarde-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from La Couarde-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Couarde-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Couarde-sur-Mer (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 Couarde-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (18km) : Jardins de la Boirie (29km) : Jardins de Chaligny (46km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (7km) : Ars-en-Re (7km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (47km) :
Map of places to visit near La Couarde-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Couarde-sur-Mer
Canton: Ars-en-Ré
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17670
Distance to La Couarde-sur-Mer
from La Rochelle: 21 km
from Paris: 410 km
from Calais: 581 km
from Nice: 737 km
from Bordeaux: 165 km
from Strasbourg: 739 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Couarde-sur-Mer): Ile de Re, Le Bois-Plage-en-Re, Les Portes-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 La Couarde-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Couarde-sur-Mer