Gardes-le-Pontaroux travel guide
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Visit Gardes-le-Pontaroux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gardes-le-Pontaroux is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 20 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Gardes-le-Pontaroux is 402 km from Paris and 615 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Villebois-Lavalette at 4 km from Gardes-le-Pontaroux
Popular places to visit near Gardes-le-Pontaroux: these include Villebois-Lavalette at 4 km and Torsac at 9 km.
Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Logis de Forge is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Gardes-le-Pontaroux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gardes-le-Pontaroux
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gardes-le-Pontaroux.
Note that all distances from Gardes-le-Pontaroux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gardes-le-Pontaroux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gardes-le-Pontaroux (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 Gardes-le-Pontaroux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (15km) : Jardin du Chaigne (36km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (29km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (15km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (15km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (22km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (24km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (30km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (20km) : Perigueux (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Gardes-le-Pontaroux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gardes-le-Pontaroux
Canton: Villebois-Lavalette
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16320
Distance to Gardes-le-Pontaroux
from Angouleme: 20 km
from Paris: 402 km
from Calais: 615 km
from Nice: 586 km
from Bordeaux: 103 km
from Strasbourg: 658 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 Gardes-le-Pontaroux): Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Dignac, Edon, Magnac-Lavalette-Villars, Ronsenac, Rougnac and Villebois-Lavalette.
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 Gardes-le-Pontaroux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gardes-le-Pontaroux