Verines travel guide
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Visit Verines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Verines is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 15 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Verines is 387 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marans at 13 km from Verines
Popular places to visit near Verines: these include Marans at 13 km and La Rochelle at 15 km.
Marans is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' 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 Verines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Verines
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 Verines.
Note that all distances from Verines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Verines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Verines (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 Verines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (36km) : Jardins de la Boirie (38km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (40km) : Jardins de Chaligny (43km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (27km) : Coulon (33km) : Ars-en-Re (42km) : Vouvant (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (27km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (45km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (28km) : Brouage Fortifications (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Verines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vérines
Canton: Jarrie
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17540
Distance to Verines
from La Rochelle: 15 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 154 km
from Strasbourg: 708 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 Verines): Anais, Angliers, Bourgneuf, Clavette, Longeves, Montroy, Nuaille-d'Aunis, Saint-Christophe, Saint-Medard-d'Aunis, Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis, Sainte-Soulle and Virson.
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 Verines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Verines