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Visit Vars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vars is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 12 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Vars is 383 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 10 km from Vars
Popular places to visit near Vars: these include Angouleme at 10 km and Saint-Simon at 20 km.
Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Vars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vars
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vars.
Note that all distances from Vars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vars (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 Vars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (20km) : Logis de Forge (23km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Jardin du Chaigne (32km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (13km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (14km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (28km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (12km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Vars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vars
Canton: Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16330
Distance to Vars
from Angouleme: 12 km
from Paris: 383 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 609 km
from Bordeaux: 116 km
from Strasbourg: 656 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 Vars): Balzac, Bignac, Marsac, Montignac-Charente, Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, Tourriers, Villejoubert, Vindelle and Vouharte.
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 Vars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vars