Royan travel guide
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Visit Royan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Royan is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 60 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Royan is 440 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Royan
Popular places to visit near Royan: these include Royan at 1 km and Le Verdon-sur-Mer at 9 km.
Royan is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Mornac-sur-Seudre is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Royan: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Royan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Royan
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 Royan.
Note that all distances from Royan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Royan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Royan (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 Royan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (29km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (33km) : Jardins de la Boirie (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (10km) : Talmont (13km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (33km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (44km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Royan (1km) : Rochefort (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Royan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Royan
Canton: Royan
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17200
Distance to Royan
from La Rochelle: 60 km
from Paris: 440 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 689 km
from Bordeaux: 94 km
from Strasbourg: 740 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Royan): Medis, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan and Vaux-sur-Mer.
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 Royan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Royan