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Visit Ardin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ardin is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 19 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Ardin is 343 km from Paris and 528 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 11 km from Ardin
Popular places to visit near Ardin: these include Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 11 km and Coulon at 17 km.
Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Ardin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ardin
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ardin.
Note that all distances from Ardin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ardin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ardin (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Ardin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (27km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (36km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (42km) : Jardins de Chaligny (45km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (17km) : Vouvant (19km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (13km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (18km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (19km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (19km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Ardin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ardin
Canton: Coulonges-sur-l'Autize
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79160
Distance to Ardin
from Niort: 19 km
from Paris: 343 km
from Calais: 528 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 182 km
from Strasbourg: 666 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ardin): Beceleuf, Coulonges-sur-l'Autize, Faye-sur-Ardin, Puihardy, Saint-Laurs, Saint-Maixent-de-Beugne and Saint-Pompain.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Ardin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ardin