Nieul-le-Virouil travel guide
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Visit Nieul-le-Virouil: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nieul-le-Virouil is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 96 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Nieul-le-Virouil is 441 km from Paris and 641 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 9 km from Nieul-le-Virouil
Popular places to visit near Nieul-le-Virouil: these include Jonzac at 9 km and Vertheuil at 29 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Nieul-le-Virouil, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nieul-le-Virouil
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 Nieul-le-Virouil.
Note that all distances from Nieul-le-Virouil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nieul-le-Virouil holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nieul-le-Virouil (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 Nieul-le-Virouil and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (14km) : Jardin du Chaigne (33km) : Parc du château Lanessan (36km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (35km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (38km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (38km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (39km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (38km) : Royan (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Nieul-le-Virouil & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nieul-le-Virouil
Canton: Mirambeau
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17150
Distance to Nieul-le-Virouil
from La Rochelle: 96 km
from Paris: 441 km
from Calais: 641 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 64 km
from Strasbourg: 720 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nieul-le-Virouil): Agudelle, Allas-Bocage, Consac, Guitinieres, Mirambeau, Saint-Dizant-du-Bois, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan, Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois, Saint-Martial-de-Mirambeau, Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont, Saint-Simon-de-Bordes and Semillac.
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 Nieul-le-Virouil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nieul-le-Virouil