Puilboreau travel guide
Visit Puilboreau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 4 km from Puilboreau
Location: Puilboreau is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 4 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Puilboreau is 395 km from Paris and 573 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Puilboreau: these include La Rochelle at 4 km and Chatelaillon-Plage at 13 km. La Rochelle is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 4 km and Aquarium de La Rochelle is a listed aquarium at 4 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Puilboreau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Puilboreau
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 Puilboreau.
Note that all distances from Puilboreau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Puilboreau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Puilboreau
- La Rochelle: market every every day (4km)
- Aytre: market every Friday (5km)
- Chatelaillon-Plage: market every Tuesday & Friday & (12km)
- Rivedoux Plage: market every Monday and Friday (13km)
- Saintes: market every every day except Monday (16km)
- Marans: market every Tuesday (17km)
- Le Bois-Plage-en-Re: market every every day (20km)
- Fouras: market every Tuesday & Friday (22km)
- La Faute-sur-Mer: market every Thursday & Sunday (23km)
- La Couarde-sur-Mer: market every every day - seasonal market only - (23km)
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 Puilboreau and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Puilboreau map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de La Rochelle (4km)
Grand Site Of France Brouage Fortifications (37km); Marais Poitevin (38km)
Heritage Site Saint-Martin-de-Ré citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (19km)
Most Beautiful Village La Flotte-en-Re (16km); Ars-en-Re (31km)
National Monument Georges Clemenceau house (42km)
Recommended Detour Fontenay-le-Comte (39km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (31km); Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (36km); Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (43km); Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du phare de Chassiron (26km); Jardins de la Boirie (31km)
Secteur Sauvegarde La Rochelle (4km); Fontenay-le-Comte (39km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Baie de l'Aiguillon (25km)
Town Of Art And History Rochefort (30km); Fontenay-le-Comte (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Marans (17km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Natur'Zoo de Mervent (46km)
Map of places to visit near Puilboreau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Puilboreau
Canton: Rochelle 5e Canton
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17138
Distance to Puilboreau
from La Rochelle (local prefecture): 4 km
from Paris: 395 km
from Calais: 573 km
from Nice: 715 km
from Bordeaux: 156 km
from Strasbourg: 718 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Puilboreau): Aytre, Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Lagord, Marsilly, Nieul-sur-Mer, Perigny, Saint-Rogatien and Saint-Xandre.
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 Puilboreau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Puilboreau