Cressac-Saint-Genis travel guide
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Visit Cressac-Saint-Genis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cressac-Saint-Genis is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 25 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Cressac-Saint-Genis is 418 km from Paris and 627 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Barbezieux at 13 km from Cressac-Saint-Genis
Popular places to visit near Cressac-Saint-Genis: these include Barbezieux at 13 km and Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 15 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Logis de Forge is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Cressac-Saint-Genis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cressac-Saint-Genis
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cressac-Saint-Genis.
Note that all distances from Cressac-Saint-Genis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cressac-Saint-Genis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cressac-Saint-Genis (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 Cressac-Saint-Genis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (15km) : Jardin du Chaigne (18km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (23km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (31km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (34km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Cressac-Saint-Genis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cressac-Saint-Genis
Canton: Blanzac-Porcheresse
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16250
Distance to Cressac-Saint-Genis
from Angouleme: 25 km
from Paris: 418 km
from Calais: 627 km
from Nice: 606 km
from Bordeaux: 82 km
from Strasbourg: 682 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 Cressac-Saint-Genis): Angeduc, Aubeville, Bessac, Blanzac-Porcheresse, Brie-sous-Barbezieux, Courgeac, Deviat, Nonac, Pereuil, Perignac, Poullignac, Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle and Saint-Leger.
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 Cressac-Saint-Genis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cressac-Saint-Genis