Fontclaireau travel guide
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Visit Fontclaireau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontclaireau is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 27 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Fontclaireau is 367 km from Paris and 575 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayers at 4 km from Fontclaireau
Popular places to visit near Fontclaireau: these include Bayers at 4 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 10 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Fontclaireau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontclaireau
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontclaireau.
Note that all distances from Fontclaireau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontclaireau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontclaireau (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 Fontclaireau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (11km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (16km) : Logis de Forge (38km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (45km) : Jardin du Chaigne (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (11km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (15km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (27km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontclaireau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontclaireau
Canton: Mansle
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16230
Distance to Fontclaireau
from Angouleme: 27 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 575 km
from Nice: 608 km
from Bordeaux: 132 km
from Strasbourg: 643 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontclaireau): Aunac, Bayers, Cellettes, Chenommet, Chenon, Fontenille, Juille, Licheres, Lonnes, Mansle, Mouton, Moutonneau, Nanclars, Puyreaux, Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure and Saint-Groux.
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 Fontclaireau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontclaireau