Marennes travel guide
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Visit Marennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marennes is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Marennes is 426 km from Paris and 610 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Brouage at 4 km from Marennes
Popular places to visit near Marennes: these include Brouage at 4 km and Ronce-les-Bains at 6 km.
Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 4km and Mornac-sur-Seudre is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. 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 Marennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marennes
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 Marennes.
Note that all distances from Marennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marennes (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 Marennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (20km) : La Roche Courbon (25km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (14km) : Talmont (36km) : La Flotte-en-Re (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (37km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (23km) : Saintes (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (17km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (4km) :
Map of places to visit near Marennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marennes
Canton: Marennes
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17320
Distance to Marennes
from La Rochelle: 37 km
from Paris: 426 km
from Calais: 610 km
from Nice: 701 km
from Bordeaux: 117 km
from Strasbourg: 735 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marennes): Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, Brouage and Saint-Just-Luzac.
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 Marennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marennes