Messeme travel guide
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Visit Messeme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Messeme is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 49 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Messeme is 261 km from Paris and 455 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 15 km from Messeme
Popular places to visit near Messeme: these include Chateau du Rivau at 15 km and Chateau Chinon at 18 km.
Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Messeme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Messeme
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Messeme.
Note that all distances from Messeme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Messeme holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Messeme (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 Messeme and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (14km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (35km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (41km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (45km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (20km) : Fontevraud Abbey (21km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (24km) : Montsoreau (24km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (21km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (23km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (28km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (32km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (48km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (48km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (20km) : Poitiers (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (7km) : Montreuil-Bellay (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Messeme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Messemé
Canton: Loudun
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86200
Distance to Messeme
from Poitiers: 49 km
from Paris: 261 km
from Calais: 455 km
from Nice: 665 km
from Bordeaux: 249 km
from Strasbourg: 592 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 Messeme): Basses, Ceaux-en-Loudun, La Roche-Rigault, Maulay and Sammarcolles.
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 Messeme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Messeme