Montils travel guide
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Visit Montils: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montils is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 76 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Montils is 417 km from Paris and 615 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 15 km from Montils
Popular places to visit near Montils: these include Saintes at 15 km and Cognac at 15 km.
Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Montils, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montils
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 Montils.
Note that all distances from Montils shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montils holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montils (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 Montils and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (29km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (29km) : Jardin du Chaigne (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (34km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (10km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (14km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (14km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (20km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (14km) : Royan (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Montils & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montils
Canton: Pons
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17800
Distance to Montils
from La Rochelle: 76 km
from Paris: 417 km
from Calais: 615 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 90 km
from Strasbourg: 704 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montils): Bougneau, Brives-sur-Charente, Colombiers, Dompierre-sur-Charente, Perignac, Rouffiac, Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne and Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge.
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 Montils from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montils