Montguyon travel guide
Visit Montguyon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 29 km from Montguyon
Location: Montguyon is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 129 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Montguyon is 448 km from Paris and 655 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Montguyon: these include Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 29 km and Barbezieux at 29 km. Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) is a listed religious monument at 28 km and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is a listed most beautiful village at 29 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 Montguyon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montguyon
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 Montguyon.
Note that all distances from Montguyon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montguyon 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 Montguyon
- Chalais: market every Monday (19km)
- Montendre: market every Thursday (19km)
- Coutras: market every Wednesday & Saturday (20km)
- Cavignac: market every Thursday (20km)
- Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire: market every Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (29km)
- Jonzac: market every Tuesday & Saturday (32km)
- Montpon-Menesterol: market every Wednesday (36km)
- Blaye: market every Wednesday & Saturday (39km)
- Ambares-et-Lagrave: market every Friday & (40km)
- Castillon-la-Bataille: market every Monday (41km)
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 Montguyon and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Montguyon map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Emilion (35km); Blaye citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (39km); Cussac Fort Paté (Vauban fortifications) (40km); Pons ancien hopital des pèlerins (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (49km)
Most Beautiful Village Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (29km)
National Monument Cave Pair-non-Pair (31km); Montcaret Archaeological site (44km)
Recommended Detour Jonzac (32km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (28km); Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (36km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (41km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (41km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du Fond de l’or (31km); Jardins du château de Vayres (37km); Jardin du Chaigne (38km); Logis de Forge (45km); Jardins du Sardy (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saint-Emilion (36km)
Map of places to visit near Montguyon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montguyon
Canton: Montguyon
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17270
Distance to Montguyon
from La Rochelle (local prefecture): 129 km
from Paris: 448 km
from Calais: 655 km
from Nice: 615 km
from Bordeaux: 52 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have found 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montguyon): Clerac, Le Fouilloux, Montlieu-la-Garde, Neuvicq, Orignolles, Saint-Martin-d'Ary, Saint-Palais-de-Negrignac and Saint-Pierre-du-Palais.
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 Montguyon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montguyon