Amberac travel guide
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Visit Amberac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Amberac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 23 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Amberac is 376 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 9 km from Amberac
Popular places to visit near Amberac: these include Tusson at 9 km and Bayers at 15 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Amberac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Amberac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Amberac.
Note that all distances from Amberac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Amberac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Amberac (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 Amberac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (9km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (26km) : Logis de Forge (33km) : Jardin du Chaigne (38km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (44km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (17km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (24km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Amberac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ambérac
Canton: Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16140
Distance to Amberac
from Angouleme: 23 km
from Paris: 376 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 616 km
from Bordeaux: 124 km
from Strasbourg: 654 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Amberac): Aigre, Coulonges, Fouqueure, La Chapelle, Luxe, Marcillac-Lanville, Vervant, Villejesus, Villognon, Vouharte and Xambes.
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 Amberac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Amberac