Polignac travel guide
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Visit Polignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Polignac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 117 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Polignac is 446 km from Paris and 650 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 21 km from Polignac
Popular places to visit near Polignac: these include Jonzac at 21 km and Barbezieux at 25 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 31km. 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 Polignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Polignac
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 Polignac.
Note that all distances from Polignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Polignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Polignac (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 Polignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (32km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (35km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (36km) : Parc du château Lanessan (38km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (43km) : Logis de Forge (46km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (41km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (44km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (49km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Polignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Polignac
Canton: Montlieu-la-Garde
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17210
Distance to Polignac
from La Rochelle: 117 km
from Paris: 446 km
from Calais: 650 km
from Nice: 626 km
from Bordeaux: 54 km
from Strasbourg: 713 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Polignac): Chantillac, Chatenet, Chepniers, Expiremont, Jussas, Le Pin, Merignac, Montlieu-la-Garde, Pommiers-Moulons, Pouillac, Sainte-Colombe and Sousmoulins.
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 Polignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Polignac