The south of Charente is a beautiful  region, located at the crossroads of the departements of Charente , Gironde and Dordogne,  at 60 Kms of the town of Angoulème, 80 kms of Bordeaux and 60 Kms of Périgueux . It 's the gate of the West, through the vineyards of the  bordelais and the beaches of Charente Maritime  (Royan at one hour's driving distance) and at the East of the Périgord.
The south of Charente is under the Oceanic Atlantic Climate.

Earth of Art and History, the Charente offers to you lot of ways to enjoy your journey,  prehistoric sites to Castles,  family footstep rides to discover the roman Churchs, etc...

• CHALAIS                                                             
  At 5 km, downtown Chalais ,you will find all the facilities;  supermarkets, doctors, farmacies, typical market on monday, the Castle of Tallerand, the roman Church and his cloister.         

 

• RIBERAC  ( 8 Km) Market on Friday        

 

• AUBETERRE( 5km) Medieval City               

  

•  SAINT-AULAYE  (5km)                                           

 

•   THE   DRONNE                                            

     

 ACTIVITIES     IN       THE    AREA

- For sportsmen  and women : less than10 kilometers :

                                                                                    

• Horse-riding                     (Horse-riding centers)
• Bathing place                   (lakes et rivers)
• Potholing                           (activities with professionals or  alone)
• Golf                                   ( Aubeterre-Pillac . Phone: 05 45 98  55 13 )
• Canoeing                           (boat rental on the Dronne in Aubeterre , Parcoul, la Roche-Chalais and ballads on Gabarre)
• Mountain Bike                 (marked routes, road-books)
• Tennis                               (courts outdoor or indoor)
• Footstep Rides                 (marked routes)
• Diving                                (dive, first diving)
• Fishing                               (trouts rivers, fishing ponds, Dronne to Parcoul  and Aubeterre )

 - For the curious : discover the great sites of des sites  Périgord,  Quercy  and Bordelais.

• Picturesque Villages
  Aubeterre, Brantôme ,Sarlat, Rocamadour, Saint-Cirq Lapopie, St Emilion, etc
• Old Buildings
  Monflanquin, Domme, Monpazier, Villeréal, Villefranche, Tournon, Beaumont, ...
• Castles
  Bourdeille ,  Bonaguil, Beynac, Castelnaud, Biron, la Rochefoucault
• Caves
  Lascaux, Villars, Pech Merle, Padirac, Les Eyzies...
• Vineyards
  Vignobles du Bordelais (St Emilion, Pomerol....) Cahors, Bergerac, Monbazillac, Buzet, ...

... and many many others sites..

  For the gourmet : testing good rural products directly to the producers, in the farms, in the restaurants, and also the museums....

•  foie gras,   conserves,  differents poultry,  mushrooms "cèpes",  prunes,  walnuts, ...
• the Famous Aperitif of th Area:  the "Pineau"