Taillant travel guide
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Visit Taillant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Taillant is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 50 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Taillant is 397 km from Paris and 590 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 17 km from Taillant
Popular places to visit near Taillant: these include Saintes at 17 km and Surgeres at 24 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Taillant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Taillant
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 Taillant.
Note that all distances from Taillant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Taillant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Taillant (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 Taillant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (15km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (38km) : Talmont (46km) : Coulon (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (2km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (15km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (17km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (17km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (18km) : Royan (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (27km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (36km) : Marais Poitevin (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Taillant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Taillant
Canton: Saint-Savinien
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17350
Distance to Taillant
from La Rochelle: 50 km
from Paris: 397 km
from Calais: 590 km
from Nice: 668 km
from Bordeaux: 118 km
from Strasbourg: 698 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Taillant): Bignay, Fenioux, Grandjean, La Frediere, Les Nouillers, Mazeray, Saint-Savinien, Ternant, Torxe and Voissay.
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 Taillant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Taillant