Chazelles travel guide
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Visit Chazelles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chazelles is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 17 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Chazelles is 387 km from Paris and 600 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marthon at 7 km from Chazelles
Popular places to visit near Chazelles: these include Marthon at 7 km and La Rochefoucauld at 11 km.
Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. 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 Chazelles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chazelles
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chazelles.
Note that all distances from Chazelles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chazelles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chazelles (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 Chazelles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (21km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (39km) : Jardin du Chaigne (42km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (43km) : Jardin de Liliane (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (44km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (38km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Chazelles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chazelles
Canton: Rochefoucauld
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16380
Distance to Chazelles
from Angouleme: 17 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 600 km
from Nice: 587 km
from Bordeaux: 116 km
from Strasbourg: 647 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chazelles): Bouex, Bunzac, Pranzac, Rancogne, Saint-Germain-de-Montbron, Saint-Sornin, Sers, Vilhonneur and Vouzan.
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 Chazelles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chazelles