Roussines travel guide
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Visit Roussines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Roussines is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Roussines is 372 km from Paris and 588 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 18 km from Roussines
Popular places to visit near Roussines: these include La Rochefoucauld at 18 km and Marthon at 18 km.
Perigord-Limousin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 19km and Nontron is a listed 'recommended detour' 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 Roussines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roussines
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roussines.
Note that all distances from Roussines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roussines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Roussines (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 Roussines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (27km) : Logis de Forge (43km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (44km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (28km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (34km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (36km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (40km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (38km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (42km) : Limoges (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Roussines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roussines
Canton: Montemboeuf
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16310
Distance to Roussines
from Angouleme: 38 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 588 km
from Nice: 571 km
from Bordeaux: 136 km
from Strasbourg: 625 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roussines): Busserolles, Ecuras, Le Lindois, Les SalLes Lavauguyon, Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire, Rouzede and Sauvagnac.
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 Roussines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roussines