La Roche-Posay travel guide
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Visit La Roche-Posay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Roche-Posay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 43 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: La Roche-Posay is 257 km from Paris and 469 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near La Roche-Posay: these include Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 11 km and Chauvigny at 27 km.
Angles-sur-l'Anglin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km and Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Roche-Posay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Roche-Posay
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Roche-Posay.
Note that all distances from La Roche-Posay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Roche-Posay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Roche-Posay (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 La Roche-Posay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (11km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (27km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (42km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (39km) : Montmorillon (40km) : Poitiers (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (27km) :
Map of places to visit near La Roche-Posay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roche-Posay
Canton: Pleumartin
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86270
Distance to La Roche-Posay
from Poitiers: 43 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 469 km
from Nice: 610 km
from Bordeaux: 242 km
from Strasbourg: 556 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Roche-Posay): Boussay, Coussay-les-Bois, Pleumartin and Yzeures-sur-Creuse.
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 La Roche-Posay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Roche-Posay