Chillac travel guide
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Visit Chillac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chillac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Chillac is 430 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Barbezieux at 14 km from Chillac
Popular places to visit near Chillac: these include Barbezieux at 14 km and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 22 km.
Jardin du Chaigne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km and Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 22km. 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 Chillac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chillac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chillac.
Note that all distances from Chillac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chillac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chillac (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 Chillac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (22km) : Logis de Forge (27km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (49km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (49km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (35km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (35km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Chillac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chillac
Canton: Brossac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16480
Distance to Chillac
from Angouleme: 37 km
from Paris: 430 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 70 km
from Strasbourg: 693 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chillac): Berneuil, Boisbreteau, Brossac, Challignac, Chatignac, Condeon, Oriolles, Passirac, Poullignac and Sainte-Souline.
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 Chillac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chillac