Marans travel guide
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Visit Marans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marans is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 21 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Marans is 378 km from Paris and 557 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Marans (page also includes a photo gallery for Marans)
Popular places to visit near Marans: these include La Rochelle at 21 km and Maillezais abbey at 21 km.
Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Marans: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Marans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marans
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 Marans.
Note that all distances from Marans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marans (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 Marans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (27km) : Jardins de Chaligny (30km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (43km) : Jardins de la Boirie (47km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (29km) : Coulon (31km) : Vouvant (34km) : Ars-en-Re (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (16km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (21km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (23km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Marans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marans
Canton: Marans
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17230
Distance to Marans
from La Rochelle: 21 km
from Paris: 378 km
from Calais: 557 km
from Nice: 711 km
from Bordeaux: 167 km
from Strasbourg: 704 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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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 Marans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marans