Confolens travel guide
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Visit Confolens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Confolens is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 57 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Confolens is 340 km from Paris and 555 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Confolens
Popular places to visit near Confolens: these include Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 4 km and Brigueuil at 16 km.
Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Confolens: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Confolens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Confolens
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Confolens.
Note that all distances from Confolens shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Confolens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Confolens (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 Confolens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (30km) : Jardin de Liliane (35km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (19km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (22km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (23km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (25km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (28km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (34km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Limoges (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Confolens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Confolens
Canton: Confolens
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16500
Distance to Confolens
from Angouleme: 57 km
from Paris: 340 km
from Calais: 555 km
from Nice: 580 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 605 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Confolens): Ansac-sur-Vienne, Esse, Hiesse, Lessac, Saint-Germain-de-Confolens and Saint-Maurice-Des-Lions.
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 Confolens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Confolens