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Visit Avanton: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avanton is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 9 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Avanton is 288 km from Paris and 490 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Poitiers at 9 km from Avanton
Popular places to visit near Avanton: these include Poitiers at 9 km and Nouaille-Maupertuis at 19 km.
Poitiers is a listed 'town of art and history' at 9km and Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Avanton, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avanton
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avanton.
Note that all distances from Avanton shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avanton holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avanton (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 Avanton and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (23km) : Laverré (25km) : La Guyonnière (42km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (47km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (30km) : Oiron Chateau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (9km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (33km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (37km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (42km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (9km) : Parthenay (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (28km) : Loudun (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Avanton & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avanton
Canton: Neuville-de-Poitou
Arrondissement: Poitiers
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86170
Distance to Avanton
from Poitiers: 9 km
from Paris: 288 km
from Calais: 490 km
from Nice: 637 km
from Bordeaux: 214 km
from Strasbourg: 597 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avanton): Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Cisse, Jaunay-Clan, Migne-Auxances and Neuville-de-Poitou.
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 Avanton from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avanton