Bernac travel guide
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Visit Bernac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bernac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 44 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Bernac is 353 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 3 km from Bernac
Popular places to visit near Bernac: these include Ruffec at 3 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 8 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. 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 Bernac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bernac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bernac.
Note that all distances from Bernac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bernac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bernac (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 Bernac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (8km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (14km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (31km) : Laverré (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (14km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (20km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (32km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Bernac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bernac
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to Bernac
from Angouleme: 44 km
from Paris: 353 km
from Calais: 559 km
from Nice: 617 km
from Bordeaux: 146 km
from Strasbourg: 637 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bernac): Barro, Condac, La Chevrerie, La Faye, Les Adjots, Londigny, Montjean, Raix, Ruffec, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Taize-Aizie, Villegats and Villiers-le-Roux.
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 Bernac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bernac