Balzac travel guide
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Visit Balzac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balzac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 6 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Balzac is 387 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 4 km from Balzac
Popular places to visit near Balzac: these include Angouleme at 4 km and Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 17 km.
Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Balzac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balzac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balzac.
Note that all distances from Balzac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balzac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balzac (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 Balzac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (17km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Jardin du Chaigne (29km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (8km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (16km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (22km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (6km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Balzac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balzac
Canton: Gond-Pontouvre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16430
Distance to Balzac
from Angouleme: 6 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 605 km
from Bordeaux: 112 km
from Strasbourg: 657 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balzac): Champniers, Fleac, Gond-Pontouvre, Marsac, Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, Vars and Vindelle.
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 Balzac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balzac