Genouille travel guide
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Visit Genouille: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Genouille is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 53 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Genouille is 341 km from Paris and 550 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 12 km from Genouille
Popular places to visit near Genouille: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 12 km and Ruffec at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Genouille, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Genouille
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Genouille.
Note that all distances from Genouille shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Genouille holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Genouille (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 Genouille and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (10km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (28km) : Laverré (37km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (39km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (7km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (5km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (8km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (14km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (19km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (33km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Genouille & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genouillé
Canton: Charroux
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86250
Distance to Genouille
from Poitiers: 53 km
from Paris: 341 km
from Calais: 550 km
from Nice: 608 km
from Bordeaux: 158 km
from Strasbourg: 622 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Genouille): Asnois, Charroux, Civray, Lizant, Saint-Gaudent, Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil, Savigne and Surin.
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 Genouille from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Genouille