La Faye travel guide
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Visit La Faye: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Faye is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 41 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: La Faye is 356 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 5 km from La Faye
Popular places to visit near La Faye: these include Ruffec at 5 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 8 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 La Faye, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Faye
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Faye.
Note that all distances from La Faye shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Faye holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Faye (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 La Faye and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (10km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (11km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km) : Laverré (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (18km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (23km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (34km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (41km) :
Map of places to visit near La Faye & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Faye
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to La Faye
from Angouleme: 41 km
from Paris: 356 km
from Calais: 562 km
from Nice: 618 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 640 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Faye): Bernac, Courcome, La Chevrerie, La Magdeleine, Raix, Ruffec, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Tuzie, Villefagnan, Villegats and Villiers-le-Roux.
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 La Faye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Faye