Mainzac travel guide
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Visit Mainzac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mainzac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 29 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Mainzac is 393 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marthon at 7 km from Mainzac
Popular places to visit near Mainzac: these include Marthon at 7 km and Nontron at 14 km.
Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km and Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) is a listed 'religious monument' at 24km. 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 Mainzac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mainzac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mainzac.
Note that all distances from Mainzac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mainzac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mainzac (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 Mainzac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (28km) : Jardin de Liliane (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (31km) : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (24km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (26km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (29km) : Perigueux (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Mainzac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mainzac
Canton: Montbron
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16380
Distance to Mainzac
from Angouleme: 29 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 575 km
from Bordeaux: 115 km
from Strasbourg: 645 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 Mainzac): Charras, Connezac, Hautefaye, Souffrignac and Varaignes.
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 Mainzac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mainzac