Les Gours travel guide
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Visit Les Gours: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Les Gours is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Les Gours is 370 km from Paris and 572 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 11 km from Les Gours
Popular places to visit near Les Gours: these include Tusson at 11 km and Ruffec at 22 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Les Gours, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Les Gours
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Les Gours.
Note that all distances from Les Gours shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Les Gours holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Les Gours (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 Les Gours and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (11km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (28km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (30km) : Jardin du Chaigne (46km) : Logis de Forge (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (22km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (32km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (38km) : Saintes (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Les Gours & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gours
Canton: Aigre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16140
Distance to Les Gours
from Angouleme: 38 km
from Paris: 370 km
from Calais: 572 km
from Nice: 630 km
from Bordeaux: 131 km
from Strasbourg: 657 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Les Gours): Barbezieres, Chives, Couture-d'Argenson, Longre, Lupsault and Saint-Fraigne.
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 Les Gours from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Les Gours