Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde travel guide
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Visit Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 84 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde is 443 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Talmont at 17 km from Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde
Popular places to visit near Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde: these include Talmont at 17 km and Meschers-sur-Gironde at 21 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde
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-Fort-sur-Gironde.
Note that all distances from Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde (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-Fort-sur-Gironde and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (3km) : Parc du château Lanessan (38km) : La Roche Courbon (40km) : Jardin du Chaigne (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (17km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (33km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (34km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (42km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (30km) : Saintes (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde
Canton: Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17240
Distance to Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde
from La Rochelle: 84 km
from Paris: 443 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 662 km
from Bordeaux: 70 km
from Strasbourg: 729 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde): Boutenac-Touvent, Brie-sous-Mortagne, Floirac, Lorignac, Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Saint-Dizant-du-Gua, Saint-Germain-du-Seudre, Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde and Sainte-Ramee.
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-Fort-sur-Gironde from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde