Les Portes-en-Re travel guide
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Visit Les Portes-en-Re: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Les Portes-en-Re is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Les Portes-en-Re is 410 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ars-en-Re at 4 km from Les Portes-en-Re
Popular places to visit near Les Portes-en-Re: these include Ars-en-Re at 4 km and Ile de Re at 8 km.
Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km. 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 Les Portes-en-Re, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Les Portes-en-Re
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 Les Portes-en-Re.
Note that all distances from Les Portes-en-Re shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Les Portes-en-Re holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Les Portes-en-Re (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 Les Portes-en-Re and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (25km) : Jardins de la Boirie (36km) : Jardins de Chaligny (45km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (4km) : La Flotte-en-Re (15km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Les Portes-en-Re & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Portes-en-Ré
Canton: Ars-en-Ré
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17880
Distance to Les Portes-en-Re
from La Rochelle: 28 km
from Paris: 410 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 745 km
from Bordeaux: 172 km
from Strasbourg: 742 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 Les Portes-en-Re): Ars-en-Re, La Couarde-sur-Mer, Loix and Saint-Clement-des-Baleines.
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 Les Portes-en-Re from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Les Portes-en-Re