Martaize travel guide
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Visit Martaize: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Martaize is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 43 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Martaize is 275 km from Paris and 467 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moncontour, Vienne at 7 km from Martaize
Popular places to visit near Martaize: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 7 km and Thouars at 22 km.
Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 11km. 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 Martaize, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Martaize
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Martaize.
Note that all distances from Martaize shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Martaize holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Martaize (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 Martaize and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (28km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (29km) : La Guyonnière (44km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (49km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (11km) : Fontevraud Abbey (30km) : Sanxay (47km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (33km) : Montsoreau (33km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (15km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (29km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (33km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (33km) : Parthenay (38km) : Poitiers (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (11km) : Montreuil-Bellay (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Martaize & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Martaizé
Canton: Moncontour
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86330
Distance to Martaize
from Poitiers: 43 km
from Paris: 275 km
from Calais: 467 km
from Nice: 667 km
from Bordeaux: 236 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 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Martaize): Angliers, Arcay, Aulnay, La Chaussee, Moncontour and Saint-Clair.
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 Martaize from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Martaize