Rouffignac travel guide
Visit Rouffignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 12 km from Rouffignac
Location: Rouffignac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 107 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Rouffignac is 445 km from Paris and 647 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Rouffignac: these include Jonzac at 12 km and Pauillac at 28 km. Jonzac is a listed recommended detour at 12 km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed remarkable garden at 23 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 Rouffignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rouffignac
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 Rouffignac.
Note that all distances from Rouffignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rouffignac 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 Rouffignac
- Montendre: market every Thursday (6km)
- Jonzac: market every Tuesday & Saturday (12km)
- Cavignac: market every Thursday (27km)
- Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire: market every Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (27km)
- Pons: market every Wednesday and Saturday (28km)
- Blaye: market every Wednesday & Saturday (28km)
- Chalais: market every Monday (39km)
- Cozes: market every Wednesday (41km)
- Coutras: market every Wednesday & Saturday (41km)
- Castelnau-de-Medoc: market every Sunday (44km)
- Jarnac: market every every day except Monday (44km)
- Meschers-sur-Gironde: market every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - seasonal market only - (46km)
- Saujon: market every every day except Monday and Friday (53km)
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 Rouffignac and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Rouffignac map below.
Heritage Site Pons ancien hopital des pèlerins (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km); Blaye citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (28km); Cussac Fort Paté (Vauban fortifications) (30km); Fort Médoc (Vauban fortifications) (32km)
Most Beautiful Village Talmont (42km)
National Monument Cave Pair-non-Pair (33km)
Recommended Detour Jonzac (12km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (34km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (38km); Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (43km); Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (48km); Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (48km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (50km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (52km)
Remarkable Garden Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (23km); Parc du château Lanessan (33km); Jardin du Chaigne (33km)
Map of places to visit near Rouffignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rouffignac
Canton: Montendre
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17130
Distance to Rouffignac
from La Rochelle (local prefecture): 107 km
from Paris: 445 km
from Calais: 647 km
from Nice: 638 km
from Bordeaux: 56 km
from Strasbourg: 719 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rouffignac): Agudelle, Allas-Bocage, Chamouillac, Chartuzac, Courpignac, Coux, Fontaines-d'Ozillac, Montendre, Salignac-de-Mirambeau, Soubran, Soumeras, Tugeras-Saint-Maurice and Villexavier.
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 Rouffignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rouffignac