Gencay travel guide
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Visit Gencay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gencay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Gencay is 312 km from Paris and 520 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 15 km from Gencay
Popular places to visit near Gencay: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 15 km and Poitiers at 24 km.
Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Laverré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. 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 Gencay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gencay
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gencay.
Note that all distances from Gencay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gencay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gencay (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 Gencay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (10km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (39km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (45km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (25km) : Sanxay (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (1km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (14km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (21km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (23km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (23km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (24km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (24km) : Montmorillon (36km) : Confolens (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Gencay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gençay
Canton: Gençay
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86160
Distance to Gencay
from Poitiers: 24 km
from Paris: 312 km
from Calais: 520 km
from Nice: 615 km
from Bordeaux: 187 km
from Strasbourg: 604 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 Gencay): Brion, La Ferriere-Airoux, Magne, Marnay and Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere.
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 Gencay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gencay