Matha travel guide
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Visit Matha: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Matha is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 73 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Matha is 388 km from Paris and 587 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 19 km from Matha
Popular places to visit near Matha: these include Cognac at 19 km and Jarnac at 23 km.
Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Matha: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Matha, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Matha
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 Matha.
Note that all distances from Matha shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Matha holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Matha (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 Matha and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (31km) : La Roche Courbon (37km) : Jardin du Chaigne (37km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (42km) : Logis de Forge (49km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (2km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (11km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (28km) : Angouleme (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Matha & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Matha
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Matha
from La Rochelle: 73 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 587 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 116 km
from Strasbourg: 679 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Matha): Bagnizeau, Blanzac-les-Matha, Brie-sous-Matha, Courcerac, Haimps, La Brousse, Les Touches-de-Perigny, Mons, Prignac, Sonnac and Thors.
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 Matha from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Matha