Paille travel guide
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Visit Paille: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Paille is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 62 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Paille is 380 km from Paris and 576 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 30 km from Paille
Popular places to visit near Paille: these include Surgeres at 30 km and Melle at 32 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Paille, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Paille
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 Paille.
Note that all distances from Paille shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Paille holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Paille (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 Paille and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km) : La Roche Courbon (36km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (5km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (19km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (32km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Paille & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Paillé
Canton: Aulnay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17470
Distance to Paille
from La Rochelle: 62 km
from Paris: 380 km
from Calais: 576 km
from Nice: 655 km
from Bordeaux: 129 km
from Strasbourg: 678 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Paille): Antezant-la-Chapelle, Aulnay, Cherbonnieres, Les Eglises-d'Argenteuil, Nuaille-sur-Boutonne, Poursay-Garnaud, Saint-Martin-de-Juillers, Saint-Pardoult, Saint-Pierre-de-Juillers and Vervant.
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 Paille from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Paille