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Visit Messac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Messac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 111 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Messac is 439 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 15 km from Messac
Popular places to visit near Messac: these include Jonzac at 15 km and Barbezieux at 19 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Jardin du Chaigne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km. 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 Messac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Messac
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 Messac.
Note that all distances from Messac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Messac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Messac (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 Messac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (26km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (32km) : Logis de Forge (41km) : Parc du château Lanessan (41km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (43km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (39km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (47km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Messac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Messac
Canton: Montendre
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17130
Distance to Messac
from La Rochelle: 111 km
from Paris: 439 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 628 km
from Bordeaux: 60 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Messac): Bran, Chantillac, Chatenet, Chaunac, Expiremont, Fontaines-d'Ozillac, Le Pin, Leoville, Merignac, Pommiers-Moulons, Saint-Medard, Sousmoulins, Vanzac and Vibrac.
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 Messac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Messac