Soyaux travel guide
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Visit Soyaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Soyaux is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 5 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Soyaux is 393 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 5 km from Soyaux
Popular places to visit near Soyaux: these include Angouleme at 5 km and Torsac at 8 km.
Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Soyaux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Soyaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Soyaux
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Soyaux.
Note that all distances from Soyaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Soyaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Soyaux (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 Soyaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (11km) : Jardin du Chaigne (29km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (34km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (3km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (8km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (13km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (35km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (5km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Soyaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Soyaux
Canton: Soyaux
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16800
Distance to Soyaux
from Angouleme: 5 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 599 km
from Bordeaux: 108 km
from Strasbourg: 658 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 Soyaux): Angouleme, Dirac, Garat, Gond-Pontouvre, Magnac-sur-Touvre, Mornac, Puymoyen, Ruelle-sur-Touvre and Touvre.
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 Soyaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Soyaux