Puy-du-Lac travel guide
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Visit Puy-du-Lac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Puy-du-Lac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 39 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Puy-du-Lac is 396 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 15 km from Puy-du-Lac
Popular places to visit near Puy-du-Lac: these include Surgeres at 15 km and Rochefort at 18 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Puy-du-Lac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Puy-du-Lac
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 Puy-du-Lac.
Note that all distances from Puy-du-Lac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Puy-du-Lac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Puy-du-Lac (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 Puy-du-Lac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (17km) : Jardins de la Boirie (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (36km) : Coulon (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (24km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (25km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (26km) : Marans (43km) : Royan (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (18km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (30km) : Marais Poitevin (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Puy-du-Lac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Puy-du-Lac
Canton: Tonnay-Boutonne
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17380
Distance to Puy-du-Lac
from La Rochelle: 39 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 679 km
from Bordeaux: 126 km
from Strasbourg: 702 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Puy-du-Lac): Annezay, Archingeay, Champdolent, Les Nouillers, Moragne, Saint-Coutant-le-Grand, Saint-Crepin and Tonnay-Boutonne.
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 Puy-du-Lac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Puy-du-Lac