Lessac travel guide

Lessac photo, taken in Saint-Germain-de-Confolens France

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Visit Lessac: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Lessac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 62 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Lessac is 334 km from Paris and 550 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 2 km from Lessac

Popular places to visit near Lessac: these include Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 2 km and Confolens at 6 km.

Confolens is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) is a listed 'religious monument' 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 Lessac, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lessac

photo of Bellac
Bellac 30km
photo of Ruffec
Ruffec 37km
photo of Bayers
Bayers 38km
photo of Tusson
Tusson 49km

See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lessac.

Note that all distances from Lessac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Lessac holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lessac (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 Lessac and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (31km) : Jardin de Liliane (40km) : Laverré (49km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (49km) :
  2. National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (23km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (10km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (19km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (22km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (26km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (26km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (32km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (37km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Confolens (6km) : Montmorillon (42km) :

Map of places to visit near Lessac & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Lessac

Canton: Confolens-Nord

Arrondissement: Confolens

Department: Charente

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 16500

Distance to Lessac

from Angouleme: 62 km

from Paris: 334 km

from Calais: 550 km

from Nice: 582 km

from Bordeaux: 168 km

from Strasbourg: 602 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lessac): Abzac, Availles-Limouzine, Confolens, Esse and Saint-Germain-de-Confolens.

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 Lessac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Lessac