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Visit Barro: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barro is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 39 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Barro is 356 km from Paris and 563 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Verteuil-sur-Charente at 2 km from Barro
Popular places to visit near Barro: these include Verteuil-sur-Charente at 2 km and Ruffec at 4 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Barro: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Barro, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barro
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Barro.
Note that all distances from Barro shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barro holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barro (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 Barro and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (5km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (14km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (38km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (4km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (21km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (21km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (38km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Barro & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barro
Canton: Ruffec
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to Barro
from Angouleme: 39 km
from Paris: 356 km
from Calais: 563 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 144 km
from Strasbourg: 636 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 Barro): Bernac, Bioussac, Chenon, Condac, Poursac, Ruffec, Saint-Georges, Salles-de-Villefagnan, Tuzie, Verteuil-sur-Charente and Villegats.
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 Barro from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barro