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Visit Guimps: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Guimps is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Guimps is 425 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Barbezieux at 7 km from Guimps
Popular places to visit near Guimps: these include Barbezieux at 7 km and Jonzac at 15 km.
Jardin du Chaigne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Guimps, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Guimps
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Guimps.
Note that all distances from Guimps shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Guimps holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Guimps (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 Guimps and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (12km) : Logis de Forge (30km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (21km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (34km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (37km) : Saintes (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Guimps & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Guimps
Canton: Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16300
Distance to Guimps
from Angouleme: 37 km
from Paris: 425 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 626 km
from Bordeaux: 75 km
from Strasbourg: 697 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Guimps): Arthenac, Barret, Brie-sous-Archiac, Lagarde-sur-le-Ne, Lamerac, Montchaude, Reignac, Saint-Ciers-Champagne, Saint-Eugene and Saint-Maigrin.
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 Guimps from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Guimps