Saint-Michel travel guide
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Visit Saint-Michel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Michel is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 3 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Michel is 396 km from Paris and 605 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 5 km from Saint-Michel
Popular places to visit near Saint-Michel: these include Angouleme at 5 km and Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 9 km.
Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km. 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-Michel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Michel
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-Michel.
Note that all distances from Saint-Michel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Michel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Michel (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-Michel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (9km) : Jardin du Chaigne (23km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (33km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (3km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (3km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (8km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (28km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (3km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (44km) : Jonzac (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Michel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Michel
Canton: Couronne
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16470
Distance to Saint-Michel
from Angouleme: 3 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 605 km
from Nice: 605 km
from Bordeaux: 104 km
from Strasbourg: 664 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-Michel): Angouleme, Fleac, Gond-Pontouvre, La Couronne, Linars, Nersac, Puymoyen, Roullet-Saint-Estephe, Saint-Saturnin, Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, Trois-Palis and Voeuil-et-Giget.
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-Michel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Michel