Nieul-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Nieul-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nieul-sur-Mer is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 6 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Nieul-sur-Mer is 395 km from Paris and 572 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 6 km from Nieul-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Nieul-sur-Mer: these include La Rochelle at 6 km and La Flotte-en-Re at 13 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. 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 Nieul-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nieul-sur-Mer
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-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Nieul-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nieul-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nieul-sur-Mer (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-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (25km) : Jardins de la Boirie (31km) : Jardins de Chaligny (39km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (40km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (13km) : Ars-en-Re (27km) : Coulon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (32km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (37km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (40km) : Marais Poitevin (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Nieul-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nieul-sur-Mer
Canton: Rochelle 9e Canton
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17137
Distance to Nieul-sur-Mer
from La Rochelle: 6 km
from Paris: 395 km
from Calais: 572 km
from Nice: 719 km
from Bordeaux: 159 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 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nieul-sur-Mer): Esnandes, La Rochelle, Lagord, Marsilly, Perigny, Puilboreau and Saint-Xandre.
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-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nieul-sur-Mer