Puyreaux travel guide
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Visit Puyreaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Puyreaux is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Puyreaux is 370 km from Paris and 579 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayers at 7 km from Puyreaux
Popular places to visit near Puyreaux: these include Bayers at 7 km and Tusson at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Puyreaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Puyreaux
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Puyreaux.
Note that all distances from Puyreaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Puyreaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Puyreaux (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 Puyreaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (14km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (20km) : Logis de Forge (35km) : Jardin du Chaigne (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (8km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (29km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Puyreaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Puyréaux
Canton: Mansle
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16230
Distance to Puyreaux
from Angouleme: 24 km
from Paris: 370 km
from Calais: 579 km
from Nice: 606 km
from Bordeaux: 129 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 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Puyreaux): Aussac-Vadalle, Cellettes, Fontclaireau, Licheres, Mansle, Mouton, Moutonneau, Nanclars, Saint-Angeau, Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure, Saint-Front and Saint-Groux.
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 Puyreaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Puyreaux