Salles-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Salles-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Salles-sur-Mer is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 10 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Salles-sur-Mer is 399 km from Paris and 580 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochelle at 10 km from Salles-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Salles-sur-Mer: these include La Rochelle at 10 km and Ile-d'Aix at 13 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 19km and La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 23km. 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 Salles-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Salles-sur-Mer
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 Salles-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Salles-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Salles-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Salles-sur-Mer (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 Salles-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (26km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (26km) : La Roche Courbon (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (23km) : Ars-en-Re (37km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (43km) : Coulon (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (34km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (45km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (45km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (28km) : Marais Poitevin (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Salles-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Salles-sur-Mer
Canton: Jarrie
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17220
Distance to Salles-sur-Mer
from La Rochelle: 10 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 580 km
from Nice: 707 km
from Bordeaux: 145 km
from Strasbourg: 718 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Salles-sur-Mer): Angoulins, Aytre, Chatelaillon-Plage, Clavette, Croix-Chapeau, La Jarne, La Jarrie, Saint-Rogatien, Saint-Vivien and Thaire.
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 Salles-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Salles-sur-Mer