Monts-sur-Guesnes travel guide
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Visit Monts-sur-Guesnes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monts-sur-Guesnes is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Monts-sur-Guesnes is 268 km from Paris and 464 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moncontour, Vienne at 18 km from Monts-sur-Guesnes
Popular places to visit near Monts-sur-Guesnes: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 18 km and Chateau du Rivau at 22 km.
Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km and Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Monts-sur-Guesnes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monts-sur-Guesnes
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monts-sur-Guesnes.
Note that all distances from Monts-sur-Guesnes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monts-sur-Guesnes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monts-sur-Guesnes (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 Monts-sur-Guesnes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (21km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (33km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (43km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (22km) : Fontevraud Abbey (32km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (33km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (34km) : Montsoreau (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (27km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (32km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (39km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (30km) : Poitiers (39km) : Parthenay (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (14km) : Montreuil-Bellay (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Monts-sur-Guesnes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monts-sur-Guesnes
Canton: Monts-sur-Guesnes
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86420
Distance to Monts-sur-Guesnes
from Poitiers: 38 km
from Paris: 268 km
from Calais: 464 km
from Nice: 657 km
from Bordeaux: 239 km
from Strasbourg: 593 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Monts-sur-Guesnes): Berthegon, Derce, Guesnes, La Roche-Rigault, Princay, Saires and Savigny-sous-Faye.
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 Monts-sur-Guesnes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monts-sur-Guesnes