Charrais travel guide
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Visit Charrais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charrais is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 16 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Charrais is 289 km from Paris and 488 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Poitiers at 17 km from Charrais
Popular places to visit near Charrais: these include Poitiers at 17 km and Moncontour, Vienne at 26 km.
Jardin du château de La Mothe is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Poitiers is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km. 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 Charrais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charrais
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charrais.
Note that all distances from Charrais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charrais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charrais (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 Charrais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (16km) : Laverré (30km) : La Guyonnière (36km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (44km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (28km) : Oiron Chateau (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (17km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (26km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (30km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (17km) : Parthenay (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (36km) : Chauvigny (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Charrais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charrais
Canton: Neuville-de-Poitou
Arrondissement: Poitiers
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86170
Distance to Charrais
from Poitiers: 16 km
from Paris: 289 km
from Calais: 488 km
from Nice: 646 km
from Bordeaux: 216 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charrais): Blaslay, Chabournay, Champigny-le-Sec, Cheneche, Cisse, Frozes, Le Rochereau, Neuville-de-Poitou, Villiers and Yversay.
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 Charrais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charrais