Prahecq travel guide
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Visit Prahecq: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Prahecq is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 12 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Prahecq is 352 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Niort at 12 km from Prahecq
Popular places to visit near Prahecq: these include Niort at 12 km and Melle at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Prahecq, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Prahecq
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Prahecq.
Note that all distances from Prahecq shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Prahecq holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Prahecq (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Prahecq and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (16km) : La Guyonnière (36km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (20km) : Vouvant (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (26km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (32km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (33km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (38km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Prahecq & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Prahecq
Canton: Prahecq
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79230
Distance to Prahecq
from Niort: 12 km
from Paris: 352 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 662 km
from Bordeaux: 159 km
from Strasbourg: 661 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Prahecq): Aiffres, Fors, Juscorps, Mougon, Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue, Saint-Medard, Saint-Romans-Des-Champs and Sainte-Blandine.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Prahecq from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Prahecq