Benest travel guide
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Visit Benest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Benest is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 49 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Benest is 344 km from Paris and 556 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 11 km from Benest
Popular places to visit near Benest: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 11 km and Confolens at 17 km. Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Benest, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Benest and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Benest
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (14km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (32km) : Laverré (46km) : Jardin de Liliane (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (12km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (4km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (12km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (19km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (19km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (19km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (25km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Benest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Benest
Canton: Champagne-Mouton
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16350
Distance to Benest
from Angouleme: 49 km
from Paris: 344 km
from Calais: 556 km
from Nice: 596 km
from Bordeaux: 156 km
from Strasbourg: 618 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Benest (within 6 km): Alloue : Champagne-Mouton : Chatain : Le Bouchage : Pleuville : Saint-Coutant : Vieux-Ruffec :
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This page in French: Visitez Benest