Longeves travel guide
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Visit Longeves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Longeves is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 15 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Longeves is 385 km from Paris and 565 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marans at 9 km from Longeves
Popular places to visit near Longeves: these include Marans at 9 km and La Rochelle at 15 km.
Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km and Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' 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 Longeves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Longeves
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 Longeves.
Note that all distances from Longeves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Longeves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Longeves (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 Longeves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (36km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (37km) : Jardins de Chaligny (38km) : Jardins de la Boirie (40km) : La Roche Courbon (48km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (26km) : Coulon (33km) : Ars-en-Re (40km) : Vouvant (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (20km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (25km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (33km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (48km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (9km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (28km) : Brouage Fortifications (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Longeves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Longèves
Canton: Marans
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17230
Distance to Longeves
from La Rochelle: 15 km
from Paris: 385 km
from Calais: 565 km
from Nice: 708 km
from Bordeaux: 158 km
from Strasbourg: 708 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 Longeves): Andilly, Angliers, Dompierre-sur-Mer, Nuaille-d'Aunis, Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis, Sainte-Soulle, Verines and Villedoux.
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 Longeves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Longeves