Talmont travel guide
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Visit Talmont: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Talmont is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 72 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Talmont is 444 km from Paris and 636 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Talmont
Popular places to visit near Talmont: these include Meschers-sur-Gironde at 4 km and Le Verdon-sur-Mer at 12 km.
Royan is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Talmont: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Talmont, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Talmont
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 Talmont.
Note that all distances from Talmont shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Talmont holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Talmont (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 Talmont and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (20km) : La Roche Courbon (33km) : Parc du château Lanessan (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (32km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (43km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (13km) : Saintes (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Talmont & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Talmont-sur-Gironde
Canton: Cozes
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17120
Distance to Talmont
from La Rochelle: 72 km
from Paris: 444 km
from Calais: 636 km
from Nice: 678 km
from Bordeaux: 82 km
from Strasbourg: 738 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Talmont): Arces, Barzan, Cozes and Meschers-sur-Gironde.
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 Talmont from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Talmont