Civaux travel guide
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Visit Civaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Civaux is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 30 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Civaux is 296 km from Paris and 508 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chauvigny at 14 km from Civaux
Popular places to visit near Civaux: these include Chauvigny at 14 km and Nouaille-Maupertuis at 21 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Chauvigny is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km. 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 Civaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Civaux
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Civaux.
Note that all distances from Civaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Civaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Civaux (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 Civaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (25km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (14km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (15km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (21km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (21km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (21km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (29km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (39km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (16km) : Poitiers (30km) : Confolens (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Civaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Civaux
Canton: Lussac-les-Châteaux
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86320
Distance to Civaux
from Poitiers: 30 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 508 km
from Nice: 601 km
from Bordeaux: 203 km
from Strasbourg: 582 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 Civaux): Chapelle-Viviers, Lhommaize, Lussac-les-Chateaux, Mazerolles and Verrieres.
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 Civaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Civaux