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Visit Curac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Curac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 41 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Curac is 433 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 12 km from Curac
Popular places to visit near Curac: these include Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 12 km and Riberac at 25 km.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. 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 Curac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Curac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Curac.
Note that all distances from Curac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Curac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Curac (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 Curac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (30km) : Jardin du Chaigne (32km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (45km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (47km) : Jardins du Sardy (49km) :
- National Monuments: Montcaret Archaeological site (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (25km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (39km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Curac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Curac
Canton: Chalais
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16210
Distance to Curac
from Angouleme: 41 km
from Paris: 433 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 601 km
from Bordeaux: 69 km
from Strasbourg: 691 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 Curac): Bardenac, Brie-sous-Chalais, Brossac, Chalais, Chatignac, Courlac, Montboyer, Orival, Rioux-Martin, Rouffiac, Saint-Avit, Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais and Yviers.
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 Curac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Curac