Gensac-la-Pallue travel guide
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Visit Gensac-la-Pallue: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gensac-la-Pallue is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 31 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Gensac-la-Pallue is 407 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 7 km from Gensac-la-Pallue
Popular places to visit near Gensac-la-Pallue: these include Cognac at 7 km and Jarnac at 7 km.
Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Gensac-la-Pallue, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gensac-la-Pallue
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gensac-la-Pallue.
Note that all distances from Gensac-la-Pallue shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gensac-la-Pallue holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gensac-la-Pallue (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 Gensac-la-Pallue and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (13km) : Logis de Forge (31km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (40km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (43km) : La Roche Courbon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (5km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (10km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (28km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (31km) : Saintes (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Gensac-la-Pallue & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gensac-la-Pallue
Canton: Segonzac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16130
Distance to Gensac-la-Pallue
from Angouleme: 31 km
from Paris: 407 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 632 km
from Bordeaux: 94 km
from Strasbourg: 687 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gensac-la-Pallue): Angeac-Champagne, Bourg-Charente, Chassors, Gente, Julienne, Mainxe, Saint-Brice and Segonzac.
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 Gensac-la-Pallue from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gensac-la-Pallue