Marsais travel guide
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Visit Marsais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marsais is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 43 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Marsais is 376 km from Paris and 566 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 12 km from Marsais
Popular places to visit near Marsais: these include Surgeres at 12 km and Marais Poitevin at 19 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km. 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 Marsais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marsais
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 Marsais.
Note that all distances from Marsais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marsais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marsais (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 Marsais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (37km) : La Roche Courbon (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (27km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (28km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (29km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (36km) : Saintes (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (24km) : Brouage Fortifications (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Marsais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marsais
Canton: Surgères
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17700
Distance to Marsais
from La Rochelle: 43 km
from Paris: 376 km
from Calais: 566 km
from Nice: 675 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 685 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marsais): Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, Migre, Priaires, Saint-Felix, Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois and Usseau.
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 Marsais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marsais