Vieux-Ruffec travel guide
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Visit Vieux-Ruffec: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vieux-Ruffec is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 44 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Vieux-Ruffec is 349 km from Paris and 560 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 5 km from Vieux-Ruffec
Popular places to visit near Vieux-Ruffec: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 5 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 13 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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 Vieux-Ruffec, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vieux-Ruffec
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vieux-Ruffec.
Note that all distances from Vieux-Ruffec shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vieux-Ruffec holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vieux-Ruffec (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 Vieux-Ruffec and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (9km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (47km) : Laverré (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (15km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (8km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (12km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (14km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (23km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (24km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (30km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Vieux-Ruffec & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vieux-Ruffec
Canton: Ruffec
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16350
Distance to Vieux-Ruffec
from Angouleme: 44 km
from Paris: 349 km
from Calais: 560 km
from Nice: 600 km
from Bordeaux: 151 km
from Strasbourg: 624 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vieux-Ruffec): Benest, Champagne-Mouton, Le Bouchage, Le Vieux-Cerier, Nanteuil-en-Vallee and Saint-Coutant.
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 Vieux-Ruffec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vieux-Ruffec