La Rochefoucauld travel guide
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Visit La Rochefoucauld: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Rochefoucauld is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 21 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: La Rochefoucauld is 377 km from Paris and 590 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see La Rochefoucauld
Popular places to visit near La Rochefoucauld: these include Marthon at 15 km and Angouleme at 20 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 La Rochefoucauld, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Rochefoucauld
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 Rochefoucauld.
Note that all distances from La Rochefoucauld shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Rochefoucauld holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Rochefoucauld (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 Rochefoucauld and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (29km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (33km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (34km) : Jardin de Liliane (45km) : Jardin du Chaigne (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (45km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (21km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (33km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (32km) :
Map of places to visit near La Rochefoucauld & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rochefoucauld
Canton: Rochefoucauld
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16110
Distance to La Rochefoucauld
from Angouleme: 21 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 590 km
from Nice: 589 km
from Bordeaux: 125 km
from Strasbourg: 640 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 La Rochefoucauld): Agris, Bunzac, Marillac-le-Franc, Rancogne, Rivieres, Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant, Saint-Sornin, Taponnat-Fleurignac and Yvrac-et-Malleyrand.
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 Rochefoucauld from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Rochefoucauld