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Visit Arcay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arcay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 49 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Arcay is 273 km from Paris and 462 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moncontour, Vienne at 10 km from Arcay
Popular places to visit near Arcay: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 10 km and Thouars at 17 km.
Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arcay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arcay
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arcay.
Note that all distances from Arcay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arcay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arcay (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Vienne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arcay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (28km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (34km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (47km) : La Guyonnière (48km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (7km) : Fontevraud Abbey (24km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (27km) : Montsoreau (27km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (15km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (20km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (24km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (27km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (45km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (17km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (30km) : Parthenay (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (7km) : Montreuil-Bellay (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Arcay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arçay
Canton: Loudun
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86200
Distance to Arcay
from Poitiers: 49 km
from Paris: 273 km
from Calais: 462 km
from Nice: 673 km
from Bordeaux: 242 km
from Strasbourg: 605 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arcay): Brie, Chalais, Curcay-sur-Dive, Glenouze, Loudun, Martaize, Mouterre-Silly, Pas-de-Jeu, Ranton and Saint-Laon.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Arcay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arcay