Tusson travel guide
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Visit Tusson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tusson is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 32 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Tusson is 367 km from Paris and 573 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tusson
Popular places to visit near Tusson: these include Bayers at 13 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tusson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tusson
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tusson.
Note that all distances from Tusson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tusson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tusson (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 Tusson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (19km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (36km) : Logis de Forge (42km) : Jardin du Chaigne (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (22km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (32km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Tusson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tusson
Canton: Aigre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16140
Distance to Tusson
from Angouleme: 32 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 573 km
from Nice: 620 km
from Bordeaux: 132 km
from Strasbourg: 650 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 Tusson): Aigre, Besse, Charme, Courcome, Ebreon, Fouqueure, Juille, Ligne, Luxe, Saint-Fraigne, Souvigne and Villejesus.
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 Tusson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tusson