Pressignac travel guide
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Visit Pressignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pressignac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 50 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Pressignac is 358 km from Paris and 576 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochechouart at 6 km from Pressignac
Popular places to visit near Pressignac: these include Rochechouart at 6 km and Brigueuil at 17 km.
Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Jardin de Liliane is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Pressignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pressignac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pressignac.
Note that all distances from Pressignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pressignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pressignac (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 Pressignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (18km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (43km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (44km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (14km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (36km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (42km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (44km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (44km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (44km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (45km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (38km) : Limoges (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (22km) : Angouleme (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Pressignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pressignac
Canton: Chabanais
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16150
Distance to Pressignac
from Angouleme: 50 km
from Paris: 358 km
from Calais: 576 km
from Nice: 567 km
from Bordeaux: 151 km
from Strasbourg: 611 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pressignac): Chabanais, Chassenon, Saillat-sur-Vienne, Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente, Verneuil and Videix.
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 Pressignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pressignac