Plaizac travel guide
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Visit Plaizac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Plaizac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Plaizac is 392 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 9 km from Plaizac
Popular places to visit near Plaizac: these include Jarnac at 9 km and Saint-Simon at 12 km.
Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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 Plaizac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Plaizac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Plaizac.
Note that all distances from Plaizac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Plaizac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Plaizac (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 Plaizac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (23km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (25km) : Logis de Forge (29km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (15km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (24km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (24km) : Saintes (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Plaizac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Plaizac
Canton: Rouillac
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16170
Distance to Plaizac
from Angouleme: 24 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 627 km
from Bordeaux: 108 km
from Strasbourg: 673 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Plaizac): Courbillac, Fleurac, Foussignac, Les Metairies, Mareuil, Neuvicq-le-Chateau, Rouillac, Sigogne, Sonneville and Vaux-Rouillac.
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 Plaizac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Plaizac