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Visit Massac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Massac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 79 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Massac is 385 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 21 km from Massac
Popular places to visit near Massac: these include Jarnac at 21 km and Cognac at 21 km.
Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Massac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Massac
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 Massac.
Note that all distances from Massac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Massac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Massac (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 Massac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (24km) : Jardin du Chaigne (35km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (40km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (43km) : Logis de Forge (44km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (17km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (20km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (34km) : Angouleme (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Massac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Massac
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17490
Distance to Massac
from La Rochelle: 79 km
from Paris: 385 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 638 km
from Bordeaux: 118 km
from Strasbourg: 673 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Massac): Ballans, Bazauges, Beauvais-sur-Matha, Bresdon, Brie-sous-Matha, Cresse, Gourvillette, Haimps, Les Touches-de-Perigny, Louzignac, Saint-Ouen, Siecq and Sonnac.
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 Massac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Massac