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Visit Gurat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gurat is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 27 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Gurat is 412 km from Paris and 625 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Villebois-Lavalette at 6 km from Gurat
Popular places to visit near Gurat: these include Villebois-Lavalette at 6 km and Charmant at 10 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Logis de Forge is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Gurat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gurat
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gurat.
Note that all distances from Gurat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gurat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gurat (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 Gurat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (18km) : Jardin du Chaigne (36km) : Jardins du château de Montréal (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (19km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (15km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (24km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (29km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (30km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (27km) : Perigueux (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Gurat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gurat
Canton: Villebois-Lavalette
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16320
Distance to Gurat
from Angouleme: 27 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 625 km
from Nice: 587 km
from Bordeaux: 93 km
from Strasbourg: 666 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gurat): Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Champagne-et-Fontaine, Juillaguet, La Chapelle-Gresignac, Ronsenac, Salles-Lavalette, Vaux-Lavalette, Vendoire 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 Gurat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gurat