Tesson travel guide
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Visit Tesson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tesson is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 70 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Tesson is 424 km from Paris and 620 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 13 km from Tesson
Popular places to visit near Tesson: these include Saintes at 13 km and Talmont at 23 km.
Saintes is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Tesson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tesson
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 Tesson.
Note that all distances from Tesson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tesson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tesson (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 Tesson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (23km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (23km) : Jardin du Chaigne (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (23km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (13km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (13km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (31km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (12km) : Royan (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (27km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Tesson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tesson
Canton: Gémozac
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17460
Distance to Tesson
from La Rochelle: 70 km
from Paris: 424 km
from Calais: 620 km
from Nice: 662 km
from Bordeaux: 89 km
from Strasbourg: 715 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 Tesson): Berneuil, Chermignac, Cravans, Jazennes, La Jard, Preguillac, Retaud, Rioux, Saint-Leger, Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille, Thenac and Villars-en-Pons.
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 Tesson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tesson