Gourville travel guide
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Visit Gourville: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gourville is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 23 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Gourville is 381 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 13 km from Gourville
Popular places to visit near Gourville: these include Tusson at 13 km and Saint-Simon at 20 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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 Gourville, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gourville
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gourville.
Note that all distances from Gourville shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gourville holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gourville (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 Gourville and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (13km) : Logis de Forge (32km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Jardin du Chaigne (33km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (45km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (24km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (24km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (27km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (23km) : Saintes (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Gourville & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gourville
Canton: Rouillac
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16170
Distance to Gourville
from Angouleme: 23 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 622 km
from Bordeaux: 119 km
from Strasbourg: 661 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gourville): Auge-Saint-Medard, Bignac, Bonneville, Genac, La Chapelle, Marcillac-Lanville, Mons, Montigne and Rouillac.
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 Gourville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gourville