Chail travel guide
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Visit Chail: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chail is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 31 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Chail is 347 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 4 km from Chail
Popular places to visit near Chail: these include Melle at 4 km and Ruffec at 30 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. 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 Chail, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chail
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chail.
Note that all distances from Chail shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chail holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chail (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 Chail and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (4km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (33km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (35km) : Laverré (42km) : La Guyonnière (42km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (33km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (4km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (29km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (31km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (31km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Chail & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chail
Canton: Melle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79500
Distance to Chail
from Niort: 31 km
from Paris: 347 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 643 km
from Bordeaux: 157 km
from Strasbourg: 647 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chail): Maisonnay, Melle, Paizay-le-Tort, Pouffonds, Saint-Genard, Saint-Leger-de-la-Martiniere, Saint-Martin-les-Melle, Saint-Vincent-la-Chatre and Sompt.
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 Chail from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chail