Pouancay travel guide
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Visit Pouancay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pouancay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 63 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Pouancay is 267 km from Paris and 452 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thouars at 16 km from Pouancay
Popular places to visit near Pouancay: these include Thouars at 16 km and Montsoreau at 18 km.
Montreuil-Bellay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 14km. 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 Pouancay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pouancay
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pouancay.
Note that all distances from Pouancay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pouancay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pouancay (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 Pouancay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (31km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (45km) : Parc de Lathan (47km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (47km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (14km) : Fontevraud Abbey (15km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (18km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (18km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (15km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (22km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (22km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (31km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (16km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (8km) : Loudun (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Pouancay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pouançay
Canton: Trois-Moutiers
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86120
Distance to Pouancay
from Poitiers: 63 km
from Paris: 267 km
from Calais: 452 km
from Nice: 685 km
from Bordeaux: 252 km
from Strasbourg: 607 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 Pouancay): Antoigne, Berrie, Morton, Raslay, Saint-Cyr-la-Lande, Saint-Leger-de-Montbrillais, Ternay and Tourtenay.
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 Pouancay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pouancay