Nancras travel guide
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Visit Nancras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nancras is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 51 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Nancras is 423 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mornac-sur-Seudre at 12 km from Nancras
Popular places to visit near Nancras: these include Mornac-sur-Seudre at 12 km and Royan at 18 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Mornac-sur-Seudre is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. 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 Nancras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nancras
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 Nancras.
Note that all distances from Nancras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nancras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nancras (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 Nancras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (11km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (37km) : Jardins de la Boirie (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (12km) : Talmont (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (19km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (27km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (47km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (17km) : Saintes (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Nancras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nancras
Canton: Saujon
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17600
Distance to Nancras
from La Rochelle: 51 km
from Paris: 423 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 682 km
from Bordeaux: 104 km
from Strasbourg: 724 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nancras): Balanzac, Corme-Royal, Le Gua, Sablonceaux, Saint-Romain-de-Benet and Sainte-Gemme.
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 Nancras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nancras