La Vallee travel guide
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Visit La Vallee: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Vallee is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Vallee is 408 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 11 km from La Vallee
Popular places to visit near La Vallee: these include Rochefort at 11 km and Brouage at 19 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km. 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 Vallee, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Vallee
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 Vallee.
Note that all distances from La Vallee shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Vallee holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Vallee (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 Vallee and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (9km) : Jardins de la Boirie (36km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (25km) : Talmont (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (19km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (22km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (32km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (24km) : Royan (33km) : Marans (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (11km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (19km) :
Map of places to visit near La Vallee & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vallée
Canton: Saint-Porchaire
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17250
Distance to La Vallee
from La Rochelle: 38 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 684 km
from Bordeaux: 119 km
from Strasbourg: 714 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 Vallee): Beurlay, Bords, Cabariot, Champdolent, Geay, Romegoux, Saint-Hippolyte, Sainte-Radegonde, Tonnay-Charente and Trizay.
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 Vallee from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Vallee