Taize-Aizie travel guide
Visit Taize-Aizie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 5 km from Taize-Aizie
Location: Taize-Aizie is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 46 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Taize-Aizie is 349 km from Paris and 556 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Taize-Aizie: these include Ruffec at 5 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 9 km. Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed remarkable garden at 4 km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed religious monument at 5 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Taize-Aizie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Taize-Aizie
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Taize-Aizie.
Note that all distances from Taize-Aizie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Taize-Aizie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Taize-Aizie
- Ruffec: market every Wednesday & Saturday (5km)
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (11km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (13km)
- Chaunay: market every Monday (17km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (24km)
- Lezay: market every Tuesday (30km)
- Melle: market every Friday (34km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market every Thursday (37km)
- La Rochefoucauld: market every Wednesday & Saturday (38km)
- Rouille: market every Friday (43km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market every Thursday (43km)
- Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole: market every Saturday (52km)
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 Taize-Aizie and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Taize-Aizie map below.
Heritage Site Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
National Monument Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (16km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (5km); Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (9km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (10km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (10km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (15km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (16km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (28km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (28km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (33km); Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (37km)
Remarkable Garden Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (4km); Jardin monastique médiéval (19km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (35km)
Town Of Art And History Confolens (34km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (20km)
Map of places to visit near Taize-Aizie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Taizé-Aizie
Canton: Ruffec
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16700
Distance to Taize-Aizie
from Angouleme (local prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 349 km
from Calais: 556 km
from Nice: 612 km
from Bordeaux: 150 km
from Strasbourg: 631 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Taize-Aizie): Bernac, Bioussac, Condac, Les Adjots, Lizant, Ruffec, Saint-Gaudent and Vouleme.
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 Taize-Aizie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Taize-Aizie