Le Douhet travel guide
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Visit Le Douhet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Douhet is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 59 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Le Douhet is 402 km from Paris and 597 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 10 km from Le Douhet
Popular places to visit near Le Douhet: these include Saintes at 10 km and Cognac at 24 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Douhet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Douhet
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 Douhet.
Note that all distances from Le Douhet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Douhet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Douhet (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 Douhet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (17km) : Jardin du Chaigne (44km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (38km) : Talmont (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (8km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (10km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (10km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (28km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (10km) : Royan (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Douhet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Douhet
Canton: Saintes-Nord
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17100
Distance to Le Douhet
from La Rochelle: 59 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 597 km
from Nice: 662 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 699 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Douhet): Annepont, Bussac-sur-Charente, Ecoyeux, Fontcouverte, Juicq, La Frediere, Saint-Vaize and Venerand.
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 Douhet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Douhet