Saint-Gourson travel guide
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Visit Saint-Gourson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Gourson is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 36 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Gourson is 357 km from Paris and 567 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 6 km from Saint-Gourson
Popular places to visit near Saint-Gourson: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 6 km and Bayers at 8 km.
Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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-Gourson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Gourson
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-Gourson.
Note that all distances from Saint-Gourson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Gourson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Gourson (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-Gourson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (10km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (20km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (47km) : Logis de Forge (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (16km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (17km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (22km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (32km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (36km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Gourson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Gourson
Canton: Ruffec
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to Saint-Gourson
from Angouleme: 36 km
from Paris: 357 km
from Calais: 567 km
from Nice: 602 km
from Bordeaux: 142 km
from Strasbourg: 632 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Gourson): Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Chassiecq, Couture, Nanteuil-en-Vallee, Poursac, Saint-Georges, Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec and Turgon.
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-Gourson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Gourson