Sonnac travel guide
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Visit Sonnac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sonnac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 77 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Sonnac is 389 km from Paris and 589 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 17 km from Sonnac
Popular places to visit near Sonnac: these include Cognac at 17 km and Jarnac at 19 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Sonnac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sonnac
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 Sonnac.
Note that all distances from Sonnac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sonnac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sonnac (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 Sonnac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (28km) : Jardin du Chaigne (33km) : La Roche Courbon (40km) : Logis de Forge (44km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (44km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (15km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (16km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (29km) : Angouleme (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Sonnac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sonnac
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Sonnac
from La Rochelle: 77 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 589 km
from Nice: 641 km
from Bordeaux: 114 km
from Strasbourg: 678 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sonnac): Bagnizeau, Ballans, Breville, Brie-sous-Matha, Gourvillette, Haimps, Louzignac, Macqueville, Massac, Matha, Mons and Thors.
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 Sonnac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sonnac