Plassay travel guide
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Visit Plassay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Plassay is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 50 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Plassay is 410 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 10 km from Plassay
Popular places to visit near Plassay: these include Saintes at 10 km and Rochefort at 23 km.
La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Plassay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Plassay
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 Plassay.
Note that all distances from Plassay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Plassay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Plassay (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 Plassay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (5km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (43km) : Jardins de la Boirie (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (26km) : Talmont (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (10km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (13km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (12km) : Royan (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Plassay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Plassay
Canton: Saint-Porchaire
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17250
Distance to Plassay
from La Rochelle: 50 km
from Paris: 410 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 673 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 710 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 Plassay): Crazannes, Ecurat, Geay, Les Essards, Port-d'Envaux, Saint-Porchaire and Soulignonne.
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 Plassay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Plassay