Perignac travel guide
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Visit Perignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Perignac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 80 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Perignac is 417 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 13 km from Perignac
Popular places to visit near Perignac: these include Cognac at 13 km and Saintes at 19 km.
Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Perignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Perignac
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 Perignac.
Note that all distances from Perignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Perignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Perignac (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 Perignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (25km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (28km) : La Roche Courbon (33km) : Logis de Forge (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (36km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (7km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (17km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (18km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (18km) : Royan (43km) : Angouleme (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Perignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pérignac
Canton: Pons
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17800
Distance to Perignac
from La Rochelle: 80 km
from Paris: 417 km
from Calais: 616 km
from Nice: 648 km
from Bordeaux: 88 km
from Strasbourg: 703 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Perignac): Biron, Bougneau, Brives-sur-Charente, Coulonges, Echebrune, Lonzac, Montils, Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne and Salignac-sur-Charente.
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 Perignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Perignac