La Croix-Comtesse travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit La Croix-Comtesse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Croix-Comtesse is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 51 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Croix-Comtesse is 376 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 20 km from La Croix-Comtesse
Popular places to visit near La Croix-Comtesse: these include Surgeres at 20 km and Marais Poitevin at 26 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of La Croix-Comtesse for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near La Croix-Comtesse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Croix-Comtesse
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 Croix-Comtesse.
Note that all distances from La Croix-Comtesse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Croix-Comtesse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Croix-Comtesse (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 Croix-Comtesse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km) : La Roche Courbon (36km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (6km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (33km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (39km) : Marans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (31km) :
Map of places to visit near La Croix-Comtesse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Croix-Comtesse
Canton: Loulay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17330
Distance to La Croix-Comtesse
from La Rochelle: 51 km
from Paris: 376 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 666 km
from Bordeaux: 138 km
from Strasbourg: 681 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Croix-Comtesse): Belleville, Blanzay-sur-Boutonne, Boisserolles, Coivert, Courant, Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, La Jarrie-Audouin, Loulay, Lozay, Migre, Saint-Etienne-la-Cigogne, Saint-Martial, Vergne and Villeneuve-la-Comtesse.
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 Croix-Comtesse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Croix-Comtesse