Pessines travel guide
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Visit Pessines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pessines is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 58 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Pessines is 417 km from Paris and 611 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 7 km from Pessines
Popular places to visit near Pessines: these include Saintes at 7 km and Mornac-sur-Seudre at 24 km.
Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) 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 Pessines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pessines
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 Pessines.
Note that all distances from Pessines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pessines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pessines (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 Pessines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (11km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (33km) : Jardin du Chaigne (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (24km) : Talmont (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (7km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (20km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (34km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (8km) : Royan (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Pessines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pessines
Canton: Saintes-Ouest
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17810
Distance to Pessines
from La Rochelle: 58 km
from Paris: 417 km
from Calais: 611 km
from Nice: 670 km
from Bordeaux: 100 km
from Strasbourg: 714 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 Pessines): Chermignac, Ecurat, La Clisse, Luchat, Pisany, Retaud, Saint-Georges-Des-Coteaux, Soulignonne and Varzay.
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 Pessines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pessines