Ternant travel guide
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Visit Ternant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ternant 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: Ternant is 391 km from Paris and 584 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 22 km from Ternant
Popular places to visit near Ternant: these include Surgeres at 22 km and Saintes at 23 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Ternant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ternant
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 Ternant.
Note that all distances from Ternant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ternant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ternant (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 Ternant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (21km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (42km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (22km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (22km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (23km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (40km) : Marais Poitevin (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Ternant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ternant
Canton: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17400
Distance to Ternant
from La Rochelle: 50 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 584 km
from Nice: 667 km
from Bordeaux: 124 km
from Strasbourg: 693 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ternant): Bignay, Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie, La Vergne, Landes, Mazeray, Saint-Denis-du-Pin, Saint-Jean-d'Angely, Saint-Loup, Taillant, 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 Ternant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ternant