Celles-sur-Belle travel guide
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Visit Celles-sur-Belle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Celles-sur-Belle is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 20 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Celles-sur-Belle is 347 km from Paris and 543 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 7 km from Celles-sur-Belle
Popular places to visit near Celles-sur-Belle: these include Melle at 7 km and Niort at 20 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Celles-sur-Belle: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Celles-sur-Belle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Celles-sur-Belle
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Celles-sur-Belle.
Note that all distances from Celles-sur-Belle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Celles-sur-Belle holidays and travel
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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 Celles-sur-Belle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (7km) : La Guyonnière (35km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (42km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (45km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (47km) : Laverré (47km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (30km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (7km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (32km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (39km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Celles-sur-Belle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Celles-sur-Belle
Canton: Celles-sur-Belle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79370
Distance to Celles-sur-Belle
from Niort: 20 km
from Paris: 347 km
from Calais: 543 km
from Nice: 653 km
from Bordeaux: 161 km
from Strasbourg: 652 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Celles-sur-Belle): Beaussais, Melle, Mougon, Saint-Martin-les-Melle, Saint-Medard, Sainte-Blandine, Thorigne and Vitre.
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 Celles-sur-Belle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Celles-sur-Belle