Le Chateau-d'Oleron travel guide
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Visit Le Chateau-d'Oleron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Chateau-d'Oleron is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 30 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Le Chateau-d'Oleron is 425 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ile d'Oleron at 10 km from Le Chateau-d'Oleron
Popular places to visit near Le Chateau-d'Oleron: these include Ile d'Oleron at 10 km and Ronce-les-Bains at 11 km.
Jardins de la Boirie is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' 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 Le Chateau-d'Oleron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Chateau-d'Oleron
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 Le Chateau-d'Oleron.
Note that all distances from Le Chateau-d'Oleron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Chateau-d'Oleron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Chateau-d'Oleron (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 Le Chateau-d'Oleron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (10km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (21km) : La Roche Courbon (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (24km) : La Flotte-en-Re (35km) : Ars-en-Re (43km) : Talmont (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (47km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (47km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (33km) : Saintes (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (20km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Chateau-d'Oleron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château-d'Oléron
Canton: Château-d'Oléron
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17480
Distance to Le Chateau-d'Oleron
from La Rochelle: 30 km
from Paris: 425 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 711 km
from Bordeaux: 127 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 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Chateau-d'Oleron): Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Dolus-d'Oleron, Le Grand-Village-Plage and Saint-Trojan-les-Bains.
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 Le Chateau-d'Oleron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Chateau-d'Oleron