Payre travel guide
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Visit Payre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Payre is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Payre is 322 km from Paris and 526 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 24 km from Payre
Popular places to visit near Payre: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 24 km and Poitiers at 28 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Laverré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Payre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Payre
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Payre.
Note that all distances from Payre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Payre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Payre (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 Payre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (15km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (30km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (35km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (39km) : La Guyonnière (43km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (46km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (24km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (22km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (24km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (25km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (27km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (28km) : Parthenay (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Payre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Payré
Canton: Couhé
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86700
Distance to Payre
from Poitiers: 28 km
from Paris: 322 km
from Calais: 526 km
from Nice: 627 km
from Bordeaux: 178 km
from Strasbourg: 619 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 Payre): Anche, Ceaux-en-Couhe, Chatillon, Couhe, Vaux and Voulon.
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 Payre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Payre