Loire-les-Marais travel guide
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Visit Loire-les-Marais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Loire-les-Marais is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 25 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Loire-les-Marais is 403 km from Paris and 588 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 6 km from Loire-les-Marais
Popular places to visit near Loire-les-Marais: these include Rochefort at 6 km and Surgeres at 18 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 19km. 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 Loire-les-Marais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Loire-les-Marais
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 Loire-les-Marais.
Note that all distances from Loire-les-Marais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Loire-les-Marais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Loire-les-Marais (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 Loire-les-Marais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (22km) : Jardins de la Boirie (30km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (32km) : La Flotte-en-Re (37km) : Coulon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (28km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (36km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (36km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (41km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (45km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (45km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (36km) : Saintes (37km) : Royan (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (6km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (19km) : Marais Poitevin (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Loire-les-Marais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Loire-les-Marais
Canton: Rochefort-Nord
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17870
Distance to Loire-les-Marais
from La Rochelle: 25 km
from Paris: 403 km
from Calais: 588 km
from Nice: 694 km
from Bordeaux: 131 km
from Strasbourg: 715 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 Loire-les-Marais): Breuil-Magne, Rochefort, Tonnay-Charente and Vergeroux.
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 Loire-les-Marais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Loire-les-Marais