Angouleme travel guide
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Visit Angouleme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Angouleme is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Charente department. (General information: Angouleme is 393 km from Paris and 602 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Angouleme (page also includes a photo gallery for Angouleme)
Popular places to visit near Angouleme: these include Angouleme at 2 km and Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 11 km.
Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Angouleme is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Angouleme: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Angouleme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Angouleme
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Angouleme.
Note that all distances from Angouleme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Angouleme holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Angouleme (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 Angouleme and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (11km) : Jardin du Chaigne (26km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (32km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (6km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (11km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (31km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Angouleme (2km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Angouleme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Angoulême
Canton: Angoulême
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16000
Distance to Angouleme
from Angouleme: 0 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 602 km
from Nice: 603 km
from Bordeaux: 107 km
from Strasbourg: 661 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Angouleme): Fleac, Gond-Pontouvre, La Couronne, Linars, Puymoyen, Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Saint-Michel, Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente and Soyaux.
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 Angouleme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Angouleme