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Visit Torxe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Torxe is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 47 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Torxe is 393 km from Paris and 585 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 19 km from Torxe
Popular places to visit near Torxe: these include Surgeres at 19 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 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 Torxe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Torxe
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 Torxe.
Note that all distances from Torxe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Torxe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Torxe (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 Torxe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (19km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (41km) : Coulon (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (22km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (23km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (24km) : Royan (48km) : Marans (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (26km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (37km) : Marais Poitevin (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Torxe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Torxé
Canton: Tonnay-Boutonne
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17380
Distance to Torxe
from La Rochelle: 47 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 585 km
from Nice: 671 km
from Bordeaux: 124 km
from Strasbourg: 696 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 Torxe): Bignay, Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie, La Vergne, Landes, Les Nouillers, Mazeray, Saint-Loup, Taillant, Ternant 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 Torxe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Torxe