Port-de-Piles travel guide
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Visit Port-de-Piles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Port-de-Piles is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 51 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Port-de-Piles is 244 km from Paris and 448 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 18 km from Port-de-Piles
Popular places to visit near Port-de-Piles: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 18 km and Chateau du Rivau at 24 km.
Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Port-de-Piles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Port-de-Piles
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Port-de-Piles.
Note that all distances from Port-de-Piles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Port-de-Piles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Port-de-Piles (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 Port-de-Piles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (22km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (30km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (38km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (43km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (30km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (44km) : Fontevraud Abbey (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (18km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (41km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (46km) : Montsoreau (47km) : Montresor (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (46km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (32km) : Chinon (34km) : Tours (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (39km) : Chauvigny (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Port-de-Piles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Port-de-Piles
Canton: Dangé-Saint-Romain
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86220
Distance to Port-de-Piles
from Poitiers: 51 km
from Paris: 244 km
from Calais: 448 km
from Nice: 637 km
from Bordeaux: 258 km
from Strasbourg: 562 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Port-de-Piles): Buxeuil, Drache, La Celle-Saint-Avant, Les Ormes, Maille, Marce-sur-Esves, Marcilly-sur-Vienne, Nouatre, Ports and Pussigny.
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 Port-de-Piles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Port-de-Piles