Your ideal base to experience and enjoy the Charente
The Charente is the second sunniest region in the whole of France. Here, spring starts early with vines bursting into life in March. Come summer, sunflowers turn the countryside yellow and Autumn stretches into late October.
Le Raby is situated in the commune of Bouteville within the Charente département of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of South West France.
We are in the centre of the Grande Champagne area of cognac production and the countryside is typically vineyards, with fields of sunflowers in the summer.
Le Raby is between the villages of Chateauneuf-sur-Charente and Saint-Même-les-Carrières. We’re a 20-minute drive from Jarnac and Cognac and 30 minutes from Angoulême.
Bouteville
Although we are deep in the countryside and surrounded by vineyards we’re less than a 15 minute drive from shops, boulangeries, restaurants, supermarkets, banks, markets and petrol stations.
How to get here
Flying and booking a hire car is the quickest way to get here.
There is plenty of choice, with flights from many UK regional airports to Bergerac, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Limoges and Poitiers – all within 1.5 to 2 hours of Le Raby.
Le Raby, 16120 Bouteville, France
Google Maps reference: JV8M+FQ Bouteville
Le Raby, 16120 Bouteville, France
Ferries
Ferry or Eurostar with self-drive
Ferry from Portsmouth to Caen or St Malo and we are under 5 hours; from Le Havre it takes about 6 hours
From Calais about 7.5 hours and with Eurostar to Lille it takes about 7 hours
Please check with ferry operators for up-to-date routes and timetables.
GPS coordinates
Rail
The nearest TGV station is Angoulême – with direct trains to and from Paris.
