Ruffec travel guide
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Visit Ruffec: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ruffec is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 42 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Ruffec is 354 km from Paris and 561 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Ruffec
Popular places to visit near Ruffec: these include Verteuil-sur-Charente at 6 km and Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 10 km.
Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Ruffec: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Ruffec, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ruffec
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ruffec.
Note that all distances from Ruffec shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ruffec holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ruffec (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 Ruffec and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (6km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (14km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (34km) : Laverré (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (21km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (19km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (25km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (34km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Ruffec & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ruffec
Canton: Ruffec
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to Ruffec
from Angouleme: 42 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 561 km
from Nice: 614 km
from Bordeaux: 146 km
from Strasbourg: 636 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 Ruffec): Barro, Bernac, Condac, Courcome, La Chevrerie, La Faye, Les Adjots, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Taize-Aizie, Tuzie, Verteuil-sur-Charente and Villegats.
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 Ruffec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ruffec