Le Gua travel guide
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Visit Le Gua: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Gua 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: Le Gua is 428 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mornac-sur-Seudre at 7 km from Le Gua
Popular places to visit near Le Gua: these include Mornac-sur-Seudre at 7 km and Royan at 13 km.
Mornac-sur-Seudre is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Royan is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. 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 Le Gua, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Gua
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 Gua.
Note that all distances from Le Gua shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Gua holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Gua (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 Gua and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (16km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (37km) : Jardins de la Boirie (37km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (7km) : Talmont (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (24km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (32km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (13km) : Saintes (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (24km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Gua & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gua
Canton: Marennes
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17600
Distance to Le Gua
from La Rochelle: 51 km
from Paris: 428 km
from Calais: 617 km
from Nice: 686 km
from Bordeaux: 103 km
from Strasbourg: 729 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Gua): Nancras, Nieulle-sur-Seudre, Sablonceaux, Saint-Sornin, Sainte-Gemme and Saujon.
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 Gua from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Gua