Cernay travel guide
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Visit Cernay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cernay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Cernay is 272 km from Paris and 472 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moncontour, Vienne at 25 km from Cernay
Popular places to visit near Cernay: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 25 km and Poitiers at 28 km.
Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 26km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 28km. 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 Cernay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cernay
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cernay.
Note that all distances from Cernay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cernay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cernay (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 Cernay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (28km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (30km) : Laverré (43km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (49km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (32km) : Fontevraud Abbey (43km) : Sanxay (44km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (38km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (46km) : Montsoreau (46km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (28km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (34km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (43km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (46km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (28km) : Chinon (40km) : Parthenay (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (26km) : Chauvigny (39km) : Montreuil-Bellay (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Cernay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cernay
Canton: Lencloître
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86140
Distance to Cernay
from Poitiers: 28 km
from Paris: 272 km
from Calais: 472 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 232 km
from Strasbourg: 590 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 Cernay): Doussay, Orches, Saint-Genest-d'Ambiere, Saires and Savigny-sous-Faye.
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 Cernay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cernay