Xambes travel guide
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Visit Xambes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Xambes is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 19 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Xambes is 377 km from Paris and 584 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 13 km from Xambes
Popular places to visit near Xambes: these include Tusson at 13 km and Bayers at 14 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Xambes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Xambes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Xambes
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Xambes.
Note that all distances from Xambes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Xambes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Xambes (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 Xambes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (13km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (26km) : Logis de Forge (30km) : Jardin du Chaigne (37km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (20km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (21km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (27km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Xambes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Xambes
Canton: Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16330
Distance to Xambes
from Angouleme: 19 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 584 km
from Nice: 612 km
from Bordeaux: 122 km
from Strasbourg: 653 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 Xambes): Amberac, Bignac, Cellettes, Coulonges, La Chapelle, Mansle, Montignac-Charente, Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, Vervant, Villejoubert, Villognon 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 Xambes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Xambes