Abzac travel guide
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Visit Abzac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Abzac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 66 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Abzac is 330 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 6 km from Abzac
Popular places to visit near Abzac: these include Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 6 km and Confolens at 10 km.
Confolens is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Abzac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Abzac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Abzac.
Note that all distances from Abzac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Abzac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Abzac (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 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 Abzac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (34km) : Jardin de Liliane (42km) : Laverré (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (12km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (21km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (24km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (24km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (28km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (10km) : Montmorillon (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Abzac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Abzac
Canton: Confolens-Sud
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16500
Distance to Abzac
from Angouleme: 66 km
from Paris: 330 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 581 km
from Bordeaux: 173 km
from Strasbourg: 598 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Abzac): Availles-Limouzine, Brillac, Lessac, Oradour-Fanais and Saint-Germain-de-Confolens.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Abzac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Abzac