A tourism property for sale in Charente draws on three streams of visitors: cognac and pineau lovers visiting the cellars of Cognac, Jarnac and Grande Champagne; families and cyclists following the river on the Flow Vélo trail or aboard a gabare; and visitors to Angoulême, a walled city known for its international comics festival. To the south, Aubeterre-sur-Dronne and its monolithic church lead into the Périgord; to the east, Charente limousine, with its ponds and the Haute-Charente lakes, attracts anglers and hikers. The Atlantic coast, within driving distance, extends the season in the west of the department.
Supply combines limestone logis with converted outbuildings, wine estates with rooms, châteaux and guest estates, equestrian properties hosting riders, village hotel-restaurants and outdoor accommodation projects. This page is written for French and foreign investors, notably from Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, buyers taking over an established business and owners preparing to sell.
As of 25 September 2026, 10 tourism properties in Charente are listed on ma-propriete.fr: 3 manor houses and châteaux, 3 equestrian properties, 2 gîtes, 2 B&Bs. The median asking price is €539,600; half are priced between €416,925 and €617,680, ranging from €142,500 to €892,500.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Charente was €138,000 (average €145,132), or €1,336/m² of living space, for 110 m² on an average plot of 3,522 m², based on 2,105 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €70,000 and one in ten above €230,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €130,000 to €138,000 (+6.2%); over the last year the change is -1.4%. For comparison: €170,000 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Charente | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €138,000 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €145,132 | €188,636 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €70,000 | €83,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €230,000 | €315,785 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,336/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 110 m² | 110 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,522 m² | 4,005 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,105 | 26,126 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €124,950 (deep countryside) to €160,000 (peri-urban countryside). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €126,850 | €1,221/m² | +9.9% | 510 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €160,000 | €1,517/m² | +4.6% | 5,271 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €124,950 | €1,175/m² | +3.7% | 7,130 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €544,800* over 2021-2025, with an average of €573,400, a P10–P90 range of €369,900 to €804,400 and 1,545 €/m² of living space, over 90 sales. These homes average 360 m² of living space on 13,738 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charente (2021-2025) | 90 | €544,800* | €573,400 | €369,900 – €804,400 | 1,545 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2025) | 171 | €615,000 | €805,900 | €400,000 – €1,480,000 | 1,692 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2021-2025) | 1,105 | €629,400 | €814,400 | €395,000 – €1,517,600 | 1,704 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Charente and prestige property prices in Charente (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Two DVF markets frame prices. Country houses sold for a median €138,000 in 2025, below the regional benchmark, and tourist inland municipalities show the strongest growth in the department (+9.9% between 2021 and 2025). Large period homes in Charente sold for a median €544,800 over 2021-2025, an indicative value. Most properties featured here, combining a home, rental units, a pool and land, sit closer to that second benchmark. The mix confirms it: manor houses, châteaux and equestrian estates weigh as much as gîte complexes and B&Bs, while hotels and inns remain scarce.
Hospitality in Charente relies on small independent businesses. In the Cognac and Jarnac area, boutique hotels and converted logis host an international clientele drawn by the cognac houses, from the harvest to the year-end holidays. In Angoulême, the high-speed rail link and local business life provide steady business travel, boosted during the Circuit des Remparts and, in future, the comics festival, for which a new format has been announced. Along the N10 and N141, stopover hotel-restaurants serve travellers between Poitiers, Bordeaux, Cognac and Limoges. In the villages of southern Charente and Charente limousine, inns depend on their cooking. Decide whether you want the premises alone, premises plus goodwill, or goodwill alone in leased premises; goodwill follows EBITDA. Browse hotels for sale across France and inns to take over.
Logis whose outbuildings house several holiday lets around a shared pool form a large part of the market: see gîtes for sale in Charente. Manor houses hosting guests with breakfast are listed under B&Bs for sale in Charente.
Along the Charente, the Dronne and the Haute-Charente lakes, campsites and outdoor accommodation benefit from river and cycling tourism; classified campsites and holiday villages are grouped under campsite businesses in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The oak and chestnut woods of Charente limousine suit cabins, yurts and lodges: see glamping sites for sale. For a holiday village or a leisure-park chalet near the ocean, look at Charente-Maritime.
Châteaux, converted wine cellars and gated logis suit weddings and seminars: see event venues in Charente.
A hotel sale combines the building, through a notary (preliminary contract, then deed), and the business (goodwill, name, contracts, equipment), with its own transfer formalities. As a public-access building (ERP), a hotel must provide its latest fire safety report; check that its 1 to 5 star rating, valid for 5 years, is current. An alcohol licence and operating permit are required, and their transfer should be checked with the municipality. Holiday lets fall under the Le Meur Act of 19 November 2024, which extends registration nationwide, strengthens the powers of local councils and tightens energy standards in stages. The national online registration service it provides for is not yet in place and is due to open in the fourth quarter of 2026: check the rules that apply with the town hall. Above 5 rooms or 15 guests, a B&B becomes a public-access building. Converting a cellar or barn requires consent for a change of use. The risk report often flags Charente river flooding and clay shrink-swell; outside villages, plan for a SPANC inspection.
The Cognac area has the most international clientele and higher prices; Angoulême the steadiest, thanks to business and events. Charente limousine offers cheaper establishments with a summer-focused season.
It depends on occupancy, average rate, costs and season length. Request three years of figures and model your plan with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
After a letter of intent, audit accounts, contracts, compliance and the building before signing, with conditions on financing and the transfer of permits.
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