Location: Charente < France
Nearest Airport:
Angouleme at 50
Kilometres
Nearest Ferry:
St Malo. at 400
Kilometres
Nearest Train:
Chalais at 2
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
beach at 80
Kilometres
Car: recommended
Chalais is in the beautiful rolling countryside on the border of the Dordogne, 50 kms south of Angouleme, a beautiful city with ramparts and lovely churches; and 50 kms north of Libourne, a wonderful place to visit with its picturesque river. Within easy reach of the atlantic coastline with its lovely sandy beaches, the vineyards of Bordeaux, Cognac and Bergerac, St. Emilion and Pomeral, famous for wine and cognac. There are lots of nearby producers of the famous local drink called Pineau, a mixture of Cognac and grapejuice, aged in oak barrels and matured to a delightful nectar of the gods. Not to be missed are the lovely river trips on the meadering river Charente.
Close by are shops, bars, cafes, a theatre, a cinema, tennis courts, river fishing, canoeing, horse riding and a most wonderful restaurant in the town's Chateau de Tallyrand, which can only be booked by reserving a table well in advance.
Bordeaux and Bergerac airports are only 80 mins. drive away.