Saint-Christophe travel guide
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Visit Saint-Christophe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Christophe is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 16 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Christophe is 390 km from Paris and 572 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 16 km from Saint-Christophe
Popular places to visit near Saint-Christophe: these include La Rochelle at 16 km and Surgeres at 16 km.
Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km and Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Christophe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Christophe
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 Saint-Christophe.
Note that all distances from Saint-Christophe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Christophe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Christophe (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 Saint-Christophe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (35km) : Jardins de la Boirie (36km) : La Roche Courbon (38km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (46km) : Jardins de Chaligny (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (29km) : Coulon (34km) : Ars-en-Re (44km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (25km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (36km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (48km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (30km) : Brouage Fortifications (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Christophe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Christophe
Canton: Jarrie
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17220
Distance to Saint-Christophe
from La Rochelle: 16 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 572 km
from Nice: 701 km
from Bordeaux: 148 km
from Strasbourg: 708 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Christophe): Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Anais, Bourgneuf, Croix-Chapeau, Forges, La Jarrie, Montroy, Saint-Medard-d'Aunis, Sainte-Soulle, Verines and Virson.
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 Saint-Christophe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Christophe