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Visit Bessines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessines is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 4 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Bessines is 356 km from Paris and 545 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Niort at 4 km from Bessines
Popular places to visit near Bessines: these include Niort at 4 km and Coulon at 7 km.
Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bessines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bessines
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bessines.
Note that all distances from Bessines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bessines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bessines (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 Bessines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km) : La Guyonnière (37km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (7km) : Vouvant (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (11km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (20km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (20km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (34km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessines
Canton: Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79000
Distance to Bessines
from Niort: 4 km
from Paris: 356 km
from Calais: 545 km
from Nice: 675 km
from Bordeaux: 162 km
from Strasbourg: 670 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bessines): Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, Magne, Niort and Saint-Symphorien.
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 Bessines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bessines