Ars travel guide
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Visit Ars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ars is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 41 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Ars is 412 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 7 km from Ars
Popular places to visit near Ars: these include Cognac at 7 km and Jarnac at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Ars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ars
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ars.
Note that all distances from Ars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ars (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 Ars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (21km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (34km) : La Roche Courbon (37km) : Logis de Forge (41km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (10km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (11km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (15km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (22km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (22km) : Angouleme (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Ars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ars
Canton: Cognac-Sud
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16130
Distance to Ars
from Angouleme: 41 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 642 km
from Bordeaux: 91 km
from Strasbourg: 696 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ars): Brives-sur-Charente, Celles, Cognac, Coulonges, Gente, Gimeux, Lonzac, Merpins, Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac, Salignac-sur-Charente and Salles-d'Angles.
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 Ars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ars