Parzac travel guide
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Visit Parzac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Parzac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Parzac is 356 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 10 km from Parzac
Popular places to visit near Parzac: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 10 km and Bayers at 14 km.
Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Parzac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Parzac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Parzac.
Note that all distances from Parzac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Parzac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Parzac (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 Parzac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (15km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (27km) : Jardin de Liliane (46km) : Logis de Forge (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (17km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (19km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (20km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (27km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (29km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (31km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Parzac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Parzac
Canton: Saint-Claud
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16450
Distance to Parzac
from Angouleme: 38 km
from Paris: 356 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 595 km
from Bordeaux: 144 km
from Strasbourg: 627 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Parzac): Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Cellefrouin, Chassiecq, Le Grand-Madieu, Le Vieux-Cerier, Saint-Claud, Saint-Laurent-de-Ceris and Turgon.
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 Parzac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Parzac