Vinax travel guide
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Visit Vinax: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vinax is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 74 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Vinax is 368 km from Paris and 567 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 21 km from Vinax
Popular places to visit near Vinax: these include Melle at 21 km and Tusson at 24 km.
Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) 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 Vinax, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to VinaxSee France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vinax.
Note that all distances from Vinax shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vinax holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vinax (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 Vinax and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (21km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (24km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (37km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (21km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (34km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Angouleme (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Vinax & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vinax
Canton: Aulnay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17510
Distance to Vinax
from La Rochelle: 74 km
from Paris: 368 km
from Calais: 567 km
from Nice: 643 km
from Bordeaux: 137 km
from Strasbourg: 663 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vinax): Aubigne, Contre, Crezieres, Ensigne, Les Eduts, Paizay-le-Chapt, Romazieres and Saleignes.
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 Vinax from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vinax

