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Visit Marthon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Marthon is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Marthon is 388 km from Paris and 602 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Marthon
Popular places to visit near Marthon: these include La Rochefoucauld at 15 km and Nontron at 19 km.
Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. 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 Marthon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marthon
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marthon.
Note that all distances from Marthon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marthon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Marthon (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 Marthon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (26km) : Jardin de Liliane (44km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (46km) : Jardin du Chaigne (47km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (37km) : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (20km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (31km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (32km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Marthon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marthon
Canton: Montbron
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16380
Distance to Marthon
from Angouleme: 24 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 602 km
from Nice: 580 km
from Bordeaux: 118 km
from Strasbourg: 644 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marthon): Feuillade, Grassac, Saint-Germain-de-Montbron and Souffrignac.
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 Marthon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marthon