Benest travel guide
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Visit Benest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Benest is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 49 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Benest is 344 km from Paris and 556 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 11 km from Benest
Popular places to visit near Benest: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 11 km and Confolens at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Benest, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Benest
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Benest.
Note that all distances from Benest shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Benest holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Benest (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 Benest and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (14km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (32km) : Laverré (46km) : Jardin de Liliane (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (4km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (12km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (19km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (19km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (19km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (25km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Benest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Benest
Canton: Champagne-Mouton
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16350
Distance to Benest
from Angouleme: 49 km
from Paris: 344 km
from Calais: 556 km
from Nice: 596 km
from Bordeaux: 156 km
from Strasbourg: 618 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Benest): Alloue, Champagne-Mouton, Chatain, Le Bouchage, Pleuville, Saint-Coutant and Vieux-Ruffec.
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 Benest from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Benest