Moutiers-sur-le-Lay travel guide
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Visit Moutiers-sur-le-Lay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Moutiers-sur-le-Lay is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 25 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Moutiers-sur-le-Lay is 367 km from Paris and 536 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fontenay-le-Comte at 29 km from Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
Popular places to visit near Moutiers-sur-le-Lay: these include Fontenay-le-Comte at 29 km and Vouvant at 30 km.
Jardins de Chaligny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km and Jardins du Bâtiment is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Moutiers-sur-le-Lay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
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 Moutiers-sur-le-Lay.
Note that all distances from Moutiers-sur-le-Lay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Moutiers-sur-le-Lay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Moutiers-sur-le-Lay (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 Moutiers-sur-le-Lay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (2km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (11km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (30km) : La Flotte-en-Re (42km) : Ars-en-Re (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (38km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Moutiers-sur-le-Lay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
Canton: Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Arrondissement: Roche-sur-Yon
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85320
Distance to Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 25 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 536 km
from Nice: 733 km
from Bordeaux: 196 km
from Strasbourg: 705 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Moutiers-sur-le-Lay): Bessay, Chateau-Guibert, Corpe, Les Pineaux, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, Peault, Saint-Jean-de-Beugne and Sainte-Pexine.
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 Moutiers-sur-le-Lay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Moutiers-sur-le-Lay