Sainte-Colombe travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Colombe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Colombe is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Colombe is 369 km from Paris and 580 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 11 km from Sainte-Colombe
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Colombe: these include La Rochefoucauld at 11 km and Bayers at 12 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Sainte-Colombe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Colombe
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Colombe.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Colombe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Colombe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Colombe (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 Sainte-Colombe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (22km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Logis de Forge (34km) : Jardin du Chaigne (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (3km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (23km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (30km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (31km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Colombe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Colombe
Canton: Mansle
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16230
Distance to Sainte-Colombe
from Angouleme: 24 km
from Paris: 369 km
from Calais: 580 km
from Nice: 597 km
from Bordeaux: 131 km
from Strasbourg: 639 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Colombe): Coulgens, Jauldes, La Rochette, La Tache, Les Pins, Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure, Saint-Angeau, Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure and Saint-Mary.
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 Sainte-Colombe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Colombe