Marsac travel guide
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Visit Marsac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marsac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 11 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Marsac is 386 km from Paris and 594 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 10 km from Marsac
Popular places to visit near Marsac: these include Angouleme at 10 km and Saint-Simon at 16 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Marsac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marsac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marsac.
Note that all distances from Marsac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marsac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marsac (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 Marsac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (21km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Jardin du Chaigne (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (11km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (18km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (26km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Marsac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marsac
Canton: Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16570
Distance to Marsac
from Angouleme: 11 km
from Paris: 386 km
from Calais: 594 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 113 km
from Strasbourg: 660 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 Marsac): Asnieres-sur-Nouere, Balzac, Douzat, Montignac-Charente, Saint-Amant-de-Nouere, Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac, Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, Vars and Vindelle.
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 Marsac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marsac