Doix travel guide
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Visit Doix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Doix is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 57 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Doix is 362 km from Paris and 543 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Maillezais abbey at 6 km from Doix
Popular places to visit near Doix: these include Maillezais abbey at 6 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 8 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Doix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Doix
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Doix.
Note that all distances from Doix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Doix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Doix (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 France and Vendee 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 Doix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (24km) : Jardins de Chaligny (32km) : La Guyonnière (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (19km) : Vouvant (20km) : La Flotte-en-Re (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (6km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (6km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (16km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (8km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Doix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Doix
Canton: Maillezais
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85200
Distance to Doix
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 57 km
from Paris: 362 km
from Calais: 543 km
from Nice: 701 km
from Bordeaux: 174 km
from Strasbourg: 687 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 Doix): Auzay, Chaix, Fontaines, Maille, Maillezais, Maillezais abbey, Montreuil, Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau, Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux and Vix.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Doix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Doix