Fontenille travel guide
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Visit Fontenille: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenille is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 29 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Fontenille is 366 km from Paris and 573 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayers at 5 km from Fontenille
Popular places to visit near Fontenille: these include Bayers at 5 km and Tusson at 8 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Fontenille, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenille
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenille.
Note that all distances from Fontenille shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenille holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenille (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 Fontenille and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (8km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (15km) : Logis de Forge (40km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (42km) : Jardin du Chaigne (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (15km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (28km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (30km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenille & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenille
Canton: Mansle
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16230
Distance to Fontenille
from Angouleme: 29 km
from Paris: 366 km
from Calais: 573 km
from Nice: 612 km
from Bordeaux: 133 km
from Strasbourg: 644 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 Fontenille): Aunac, Bayers, Charme, Chenommet, Chenon, Fontclaireau, Juille, Licheres, Ligne, Lonnes, Luxe, Mansle, Mouton, Moutonneau, Saint-Groux and Salles-de-Villefagnan.
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 Fontenille from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenille