Saint-Georges travel guide
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Visit Saint-Georges: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Georges is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Georges is 357 km from Paris and 565 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Verteuil-sur-Charente at 3 km from Saint-Georges
Popular places to visit near Saint-Georges: these include Verteuil-sur-Charente at 3 km and Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 5 km.
Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Saint-Georges, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Georges
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Georges.
Note that all distances from Saint-Georges shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Georges holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Georges (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 Saint-Georges and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (7km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (16km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (42km) : Logis de Forge (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (8km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (20km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (22km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (33km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (37km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Georges & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Georges
Canton: Ruffec
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to Saint-Georges
from Angouleme: 37 km
from Paris: 357 km
from Calais: 565 km
from Nice: 606 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 634 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 Saint-Georges): Barro, Bayers, Chenommet, Chenon, Condac, Couture, Nanteuil-en-Vallee, Poursac, Saint-Gourson, Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec, 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 Saint-Georges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Georges