Anais travel guide
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Visit Anais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Anais is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 14 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Anais is 379 km from Paris and 588 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 12 km from Anais
Popular places to visit near Anais: these include Angouleme at 12 km and La Rochefoucauld at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. 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 Anais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Anais
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Anais.
Note that all distances from Anais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Anais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Anais (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 Anais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (21km) : Logis de Forge (25km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (29km) : Jardin du Chaigne (38km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (7km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (18km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (25km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (30km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Anais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Anais
Canton: Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16560
Distance to Anais
from Angouleme: 14 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 588 km
from Nice: 603 km
from Bordeaux: 121 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Anais): Aussac-Vadalle, Brie, Jauldes, Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, Tourriers and Villejoubert.
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 Anais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Anais