Turgon travel guide
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Visit Turgon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Turgon is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 39 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Turgon is 355 km from Paris and 566 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 8 km from Turgon
Popular places to visit near Turgon: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 8 km and Bayers at 13 km.
Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Turgon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Turgon
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Turgon.
Note that all distances from Turgon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Turgon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Turgon (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 Turgon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (13km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Jardin de Liliane (48km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (14km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (18km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (18km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (24km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (30km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (30km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Turgon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Turgon
Canton: Champagne-Mouton
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16350
Distance to Turgon
from Angouleme: 39 km
from Paris: 355 km
from Calais: 566 km
from Nice: 596 km
from Bordeaux: 145 km
from Strasbourg: 627 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Turgon): Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Champagne-Mouton, Chassiecq, Le Grand-Madieu, Le Vieux-Cerier, Nanteuil-en-Vallee, Parzac, Saint-Coutant and Saint-Gourson.
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 Turgon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Turgon