Echallat travel guide
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Visit Echallat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echallat is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 16 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Echallat is 392 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Simon at 8 km from Echallat
Popular places to visit near Echallat: these include Saint-Simon at 8 km and Jarnac at 11 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Echallat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Echallat
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Echallat.
Note that all distances from Echallat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Echallat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Echallat (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 Echallat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (21km) : Logis de Forge (22km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (25km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (17km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (16km) : Saintes (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Echallat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échallat
Canton: Hiersac
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16170
Distance to Echallat
from Angouleme: 16 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 619 km
from Bordeaux: 107 km
from Strasbourg: 669 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Echallat): Douzat, Fleurac, Hiersac, Merignac, Saint-Amant-de-Nouere, Saint-Cybardeaux, Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac and Vaux-Rouillac.
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 Echallat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Echallat