Saint-Porchaire travel guide
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Visit Saint-Porchaire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Porchaire is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 47 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Porchaire is 412 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 14 km from Saint-Porchaire
Popular places to visit near Saint-Porchaire: these include Saintes at 14 km and Rochefort at 20 km.
Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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-Porchaire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Porchaire
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-Porchaire.
Note that all distances from Saint-Porchaire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Porchaire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Porchaire (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-Porchaire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (43km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (23km) : Talmont (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (14km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (16km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (15km) : Royan (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (20km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Porchaire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Porchaire
Canton: Saint-Porchaire
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17250
Distance to Saint-Porchaire
from La Rochelle: 47 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 677 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 713 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Porchaire): Beurlay, Geay, Les Essards, Plassay, Romegoux, Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult and Soulignonne.
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-Porchaire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Porchaire