Massac travel guide
Visit Massac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 21 km from Massac
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).
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 8 km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed religious monument at 8 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Massac
- Matha: market every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday (7km)
- Aulnay: market every Sunday (20km)
- Cognac: market every Tuesday & Friday (20km)
- Jarnac: market every every day except Monday (21km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (30km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market every Thursday (31km)
- Angouleme: market every every day except Monday (37km)
- Ruffec: market every Wednesday & Saturday (37km)
- La Couronne: market every Saturday (38km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (39km)
- Melle: market every Friday (40km)
- Ruelle-sur-Touvre: market every Thursday & Sunday & (40km)
- Pons: market every Wednesday and Saturday (41km)
- Chaunay: market every Monday (48km)
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (51km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Massac map below.
Heritage Site Aulnay église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km); Saint-Jean-d'Angély, abbaye royale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (25km); Saintes basilique St Eutrope (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km); Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km); Pons ancien hopital des pèlerins (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (8km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (8km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (17km); Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (19km); Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (19km); 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); Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (29km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (33km); Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (34km); Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (36km); Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (37km); Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km); Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (38km); Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (38km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (40km); Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (42km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (47km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (47km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (49km)
Remarkable Garden 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)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saintes (34km)
Town Of Art And History Saintes (35km); Angouleme (36km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saintes (34km); Angouleme (37km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Zoodyssée (34km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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