Montendre travel guide
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Visit Montendre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montendre is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 113 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Montendre is 448 km from Paris and 652 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 18 km from Montendre
Popular places to visit near Montendre: these include Jonzac at 18 km and Blaye at 26 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 28km. 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 Montendre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montendre
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 Montendre.
Note that all distances from Montendre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montendre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montendre (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 Montendre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (28km) : Parc du château Lanessan (32km) : Jardin du Chaigne (36km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (37km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (44km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (45km) : Talmont (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (43km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (47km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (48km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Montendre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montendre
Canton: Montendre
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17130
Distance to Montendre
from La Rochelle: 113 km
from Paris: 448 km
from Calais: 652 km
from Nice: 634 km
from Bordeaux: 52 km
from Strasbourg: 719 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montendre): Chamouillac, Chartuzac, Corignac, Coux, Donnezac, Expiremont, Jussas, Pommiers-Moulons, Rouffignac and Soumeras.
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 Montendre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montendre