Azay-sur-Thouet travel guide
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Visit Azay-sur-Thouet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Azay-sur-Thouet is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 35 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Azay-sur-Thouet is 320 km from Paris and 507 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 8 km from Azay-sur-Thouet
Popular places to visit near Azay-sur-Thouet: these include Parthenay at 8 km and Vouvant at 32 km.
Parthenay is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. 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 Azay-sur-Thouet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Azay-sur-Thouet
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Azay-sur-Thouet.
Note that all distances from Azay-sur-Thouet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Azay-sur-Thouet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Azay-sur-Thouet (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 Azay-sur-Thouet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (10km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (27km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (47km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (30km) : Oiron Chateau (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (32km) : Coulon (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (33km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (35km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (41km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (42km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (8km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Azay-sur-Thouet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Azay-sur-Thouet
Canton: Secondigny
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79130
Distance to Azay-sur-Thouet
from Niort: 35 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 507 km
from Nice: 680 km
from Bordeaux: 199 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Azay-sur-Thouet): Allonne, Le Tallud, Pougne-Herisson, Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud, Saint-Pardoux, Secondigny and Soutiers.
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 Azay-sur-Thouet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Azay-sur-Thouet