La Rochette travel guide
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Visit La Rochette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Rochette 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 Rochette is 373 km from Paris and 584 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 9 km from La Rochette
Popular places to visit near La Rochette: these include La Rochefoucauld at 9 km and Bayers at 15 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. 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 Rochette, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Rochette
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 Rochette.
Note that all distances from La Rochette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Rochette holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Rochette (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 Rochette and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (24km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (26km) : Logis de Forge (31km) : Jardin du Chaigne (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (3km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (27km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (32km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (41km) :
Map of places to visit near La Rochette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rochette
Canton: Rochefoucauld
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16110
Distance to La Rochette
from Angouleme: 21 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 584 km
from Nice: 596 km
from Bordeaux: 128 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 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Rochette): Agris, Coulgens, Jauldes, Les Pins, Rivieres, Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure, Saint-Angeau, Saint-Mary and Sainte-Colombe.
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 Rochette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Rochette