Maillezais travel guide
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Visit Maillezais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Maillezais is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 63 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Maillezais is 360 km from Paris and 543 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 7 km from Maillezais
Popular places to visit near Maillezais: these include Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 7 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 12 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Maillezais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maillezais
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 Maillezais.
Note that all distances from Maillezais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Maillezais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maillezais (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 Maillezais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (29km) : Jardins de Chaligny (37km) : La Guyonnière (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (13km) : Vouvant (22km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (5km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (7km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (10km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (48km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (12km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (7km) :
Map of places to visit near Maillezais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Maillezais
Canton: Maillezais
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85420
Distance to Maillezais
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 63 km
from Paris: 360 km
from Calais: 543 km
from Nice: 695 km
from Bordeaux: 171 km
from Strasbourg: 683 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maillezais): Bouille-Courdault, Doix, Le Mazeau, Liez, Maille, Maillezais abbey, Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Oulmes, Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux and Saint-Sigismond.
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 Maillezais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Maillezais