Ecuras travel guide
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Visit Ecuras: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ecuras is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 33 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Ecuras is 377 km from Paris and 593 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marthon at 12 km from Ecuras
Popular places to visit near Ecuras: these include Marthon at 12 km and La Rochefoucauld at 15 km.
Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Perigord-Limousin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 20km. 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 Ecuras, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ecuras
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ecuras.
Note that all distances from Ecuras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ecuras holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ecuras (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 Ecuras and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (32km) : Logis de Forge (37km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (45km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (31km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (33km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (34km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (33km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Ecuras & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Écuras
Canton: Montbron
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16220
Distance to Ecuras
from Angouleme: 33 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 593 km
from Nice: 573 km
from Bordeaux: 130 km
from Strasbourg: 631 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ecuras): Busserolles, Bussiere-Badil, Eymouthiers, Montbron, Orgedeuil, Roussines and Rouzede.
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 Ecuras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ecuras