Vandre travel guide
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Visit Vandre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vandre is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 32 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Vandre is 389 km from Paris and 577 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 5 km from Vandre
Popular places to visit near Vandre: these include Surgeres at 5 km and Rochefort at 20 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 20km and Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 23km. 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 Vandre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vandre
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 Vandre.
Note that all distances from Vandre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vandre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vandre (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 Vandre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (26km) : Jardins de la Boirie (44km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (33km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (43km) : La Flotte-en-Re (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (32km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (32km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (36km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (36km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (33km) : Saintes (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (32km) : Brouage Fortifications (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Vandre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vandré
Canton: Surgères
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17700
Distance to Vandre
from La Rochelle: 32 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 577 km
from Nice: 685 km
from Bordeaux: 136 km
from Strasbourg: 700 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vandre): Annezay, Breuil-la-Reorte, Chambon, Chervettes, Genouille, Muron, Pere, Saint-Crepin, Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barriere, Saint-Mard and Surgeres.
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 Vandre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vandre