Oradour-sur-Vayres travel guide
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Visit Oradour-sur-Vayres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Oradour-sur-Vayres is situated in the Haute-Vienne department (Limousin region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Limoges, the department capital. (General information: Oradour-sur-Vayres is 365 km from Paris and 585 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochechouart at 11 km from Oradour-sur-Vayres
Popular places to visit near Oradour-sur-Vayres: these include Rochechouart at 11 km and Aixe-sur-Vienne at 22 km.
Jardin de Liliane is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Perigord-Limousin is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 15km. 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 Oradour-sur-Vayres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Oradour-sur-Vayres
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Vienne and Limousin (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Oradour-sur-Vayres.
Note that all distances from Oradour-sur-Vayres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Oradour-sur-Vayres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Oradour-sur-Vayres (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 Haute-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 Oradour-sur-Vayres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (8km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (35km) : Segur-le-Chateau (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (17km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (32km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (32km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (36km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (36km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (25km) : Limoges (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (28km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Oradour-sur-Vayres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Oradour-sur-Vayres
Canton: Oradour-sur-Vayres
Arrondissement: Rochechouart
Department: Haute-Vienne
Region: Limousin
Postcode: 87150
Distance to Oradour-sur-Vayres
from Limoges: 31 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 585 km
from Nice: 554 km
from Bordeaux: 150 km
from Strasbourg: 609 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Oradour-sur-Vayres): Champagnac-la-Riviere, Cussac, Saint-Bazile and Vayres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Oradour-sur-Vayres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Oradour-sur-Vayres