Virollet travel guide
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Visit Virollet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Virollet is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 76 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Virollet is 434 km from Paris and 630 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Talmont at 15 km from Virollet
Popular places to visit near Virollet: these include Talmont at 15 km and Meschers-sur-Gironde at 18 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km. 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 Virollet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Virollet
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 Virollet.
Note that all distances from Virollet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Virollet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Virollet (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 Virollet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (13km) : La Roche Courbon (31km) : Jardin du Chaigne (44km) : Parc du château Lanessan (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (15km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (23km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (29km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) : Royan (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Virollet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Virollet
Canton: Gémozac
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17260
Distance to Virollet
from La Rochelle: 76 km
from Paris: 434 km
from Calais: 630 km
from Nice: 664 km
from Bordeaux: 80 km
from Strasbourg: 724 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Virollet): Cravans, Gemozac, Saint-Andre-de-Lidon and Saint-Germain-du-Seudre.
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 Virollet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Virollet