Villars-les-Bois travel guide
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Visit Villars-les-Bois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villars-les-Bois is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 68 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Villars-les-Bois is 399 km from Paris and 597 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 15 km from Villars-les-Bois
Popular places to visit near Villars-les-Bois: these include Cognac at 15 km and Saintes at 17 km.
Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Villars-les-Bois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villars-les-Bois
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 Villars-les-Bois.
Note that all distances from Villars-les-Bois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villars-les-Bois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villars-les-Bois (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 Villars-les-Bois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (27km) : Jardin du Chaigne (35km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (42km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (47km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (14km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (16km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (17km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (16km) : Angouleme (48km) : Royan (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Villars-les-Bois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villars-les-Bois
Canton: Burie
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17770
Distance to Villars-les-Bois
from La Rochelle: 68 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 597 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 108 km
from Strasbourg: 691 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villars-les-Bois): Aujac, Authon-Ebeon, Bercloux, Brizambourg, Burie, Courcerac, Ecoyeux, Le Seure, Migron, Nantille, Saint-Bris-Des-Bois, Saint-Cesaire and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac.
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 Villars-les-Bois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villars-les-Bois