Tusson tourism and travel guide
Visit Tusson: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Tusson is a very typical town of the Charente and has several impressive Renaissance townhouses to admire
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Tusson. For detailed visitor information see the Tusson travel guide.
Tusson is situated in the Charente department and Poitou-Charentes region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the west of France at 33 kilometres from Angouleme, the department capital (general information: Tusson is 367 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Verteuil-sur-Charente at 14 km and Ruffec at 15 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tusson, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Tusson in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Charente
Map of places to visit near Tusson
Markets in and near Tusson
- Ruffec: market Wednesday & Saturday (14km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market Saturday (22km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market Thursday (22km)
- Civray: market Tuesday & Friday (30km)
- Matha: market Tuesday, Friday and Saturday (30km)
- Ruelle-sur-Touvre: market Thursday & Sunday & (31km)
- Chaunay: market Monday (31km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market Thursday (32km)
- Angouleme: market every day except Monday (32km)
- La Rochefoucauld: market Wednesday & Saturday (33km)
More information about Tusson, Poitou-Charentes
Tourist attractions near Tusson, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Tusson.
Heritage sites
- Aulnay église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (34km)
- Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km)
National Monuments
- Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (35km)
Churches and 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 Nicolas (Civray) (30km)
- Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (30km)
- Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (30km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (31km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (32km)
- Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (32km)
- Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (33km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (33km)
- Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (35km)
- Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (36km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (37km)
- Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (37km)
- Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (38km)
- Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (39km)
- Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (39km)
- Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (40km)
- Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (40km)
- Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (45km)
- Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (47km)
- Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (48km)
- Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (52km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin monastique médiéval (0km)
- Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (19km)
- Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (36km)
- Logis de Forge (42km)
- Jardin du Chaigne (46km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Richemont (Charente) (41km)
- Grotte de Montgaudier (43km)
Towns of Art and history
- Angouleme (30km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- La Rochefoucauld (33km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Vallée des singes (monkeys) (38km)
- Zoodyssée (42km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Tusson
Canton: Aigre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
New region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Postcode: 16140
Distance to Tusson
from Angouleme (prefecture): 33 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 573 km
from Nice: 620 km
from Bordeaux: 132 km
from Strasbourg: 650 km
Getting here
Tusson 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.
We have 12 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aigre, Besse, Charme, Courcome, Ebreon, Fouqueure, Juille, Ligne, Luxe, Saint-Fraigne, Souvigne and Villejesus.
This page in French: Visiter Tusson
