Tonnay-Charente travel guide
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Visit Tonnay-Charente: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tonnay-Charente is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 31 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Tonnay-Charente is 405 km from Paris and 592 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 6 km from Tonnay-Charente
Popular places to visit near Tonnay-Charente: these include Rochefort at 6 km and Brouage at 18 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and La Roche Courbon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Tonnay-Charente, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tonnay-Charente
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 Tonnay-Charente.
Note that all distances from Tonnay-Charente shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tonnay-Charente holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tonnay-Charente (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 Tonnay-Charente and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (16km) : Jardins de la Boirie (32km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (28km) : La Flotte-en-Re (43km) : Talmont (46km) : Coulon (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (24km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (29km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (36km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (45km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (31km) : Royan (37km) : Marans (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (6km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (18km) : Marais Poitevin (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Tonnay-Charente & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tonnay-Charente
Canton: Tonnay-Charente
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17430
Distance to Tonnay-Charente
from La Rochelle: 31 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 592 km
from Nice: 690 km
from Bordeaux: 126 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 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tonnay-Charente): Breuil-Magne, Cabariot, Echillais, La Vallee, Loire-les-Marais, Lussant, Rochefort and Saint-Hippolyte.
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 Tonnay-Charente from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tonnay-Charente