Plassac travel guide
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Visit Plassac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Plassac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 89 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Plassac is 437 km from Paris and 635 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 11 km from Plassac
Popular places to visit near Plassac: these include Jonzac at 11 km and Talmont at 27 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Plassac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Plassac
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 Plassac.
Note that all distances from Plassac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Plassac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Plassac (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 Plassac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (11km) : Jardin du Chaigne (34km) : Parc du château Lanessan (41km) : La Roche Courbon (43km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (27km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (24km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (31km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (32km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (35km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (31km) : Royan (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Plassac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Plassac
Canton: Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17240
Distance to Plassac
from La Rochelle: 89 km
from Paris: 437 km
from Calais: 635 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 70 km
from Strasbourg: 719 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Plassac): Bois, Champagnolles, Clion, Consac, Guitinieres, Mosnac, Saint-Ciers-du-Taillon, Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, Saint-Georges-Antignac, Saint-Gregoire-d'Ardennes, Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois, Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin and Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont.
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 Plassac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Plassac