Mazieres travel guide
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Visit Mazieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mazieres is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 39 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Mazieres is 361 km from Paris and 576 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 18 km from Mazieres
Popular places to visit near Mazieres: these include La Rochefoucauld at 18 km and Rochechouart at 20 km.
Confolens is a listed 'town of art and history' at 21km and Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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 Mazieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mazieres
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mazieres.
Note that all distances from Mazieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mazieres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mazieres (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 Mazieres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (31km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (31km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (40km) : Logis de Forge (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (37km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (22km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (25km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (28km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (35km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (35km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (36km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (39km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Mazieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mazières
Canton: Saint-Claud
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16270
Distance to Mazieres
from Angouleme: 39 km
from Paris: 361 km
from Calais: 576 km
from Nice: 579 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 622 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 Mazieres): Cherves-Chatelars, Genouillac, La Peruse, Mouzon, Nieuil, Roumazieres-Loubert, Suaux, Suris and Vitrac-Saint-Vincent.
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 Mazieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mazieres