Charras travel guide
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Visit Charras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charras is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Charras is 396 km from Paris and 611 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marthon at 8 km from Charras
Popular places to visit near Charras: these include Marthon at 8 km and Villebois-Lavalette at 12 km.
Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charras
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charras.
Note that all distances from Charras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charras (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 Charras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (23km) : Jardin du Chaigne (44km) : Jardin de Liliane (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (36km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (23km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (29km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (30km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (24km) : Perigueux (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Charras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charras
Canton: Montbron
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16380
Distance to Charras
from Angouleme: 24 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 611 km
from Nice: 579 km
from Bordeaux: 110 km
from Strasbourg: 650 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charras): Combiers, Grassac, Les Graulges, Mainzac and Rougnac.
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 Charras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charras