La Foret-de-Tesse travel guide
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Visit La Foret-de-Tesse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Foret-de-Tesse is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 48 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: La Foret-de-Tesse is 353 km from Paris and 557 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 11 km from La Foret-de-Tesse
Popular places to visit near La Foret-de-Tesse: these include Ruffec at 11 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Foret-de-Tesse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Foret-de-Tesse
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 Foret-de-Tesse.
Note that all distances from La Foret-de-Tesse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Foret-de-Tesse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Foret-de-Tesse (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 Foret-de-Tesse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (16km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (16km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (24km) : Laverré (45km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (26km) : Sanxay (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (18km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (24km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (46km) :
Map of places to visit near La Foret-de-Tesse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Forêt-de-Tessé
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16240
Distance to La Foret-de-Tesse
from Angouleme: 48 km
from Paris: 353 km
from Calais: 557 km
from Nice: 624 km
from Bordeaux: 147 km
from Strasbourg: 641 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Foret-de-Tesse): La Chevrerie, La Magdeleine, Londigny, Lorigne, Melleran, Montalembert, Montjean, Pioussay, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Theil-Rabier 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 Foret-de-Tesse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Foret-de-Tesse