Prailles travel guide
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Visit Prailles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Prailles is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 19 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Prailles is 341 km from Paris and 536 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 13 km from Prailles
Popular places to visit near Prailles: these include Melle at 13 km and Niort at 19 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Prailles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Prailles
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Prailles.
Note that all distances from Prailles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Prailles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Prailles (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 Prailles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (12km) : La Guyonnière (28km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (41km) : Laverré (45km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (13km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (35km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (42km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Prailles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Prailles
Canton: Celles-sur-Belle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79370
Distance to Prailles
from Niort: 19 km
from Paris: 341 km
from Calais: 536 km
from Nice: 656 km
from Bordeaux: 167 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Prailles): Aigonnay, Beaussais, Fressines, La Couarde, La Creche, Mougon, Romans, Sainte-Neomaye, Souvigne, Thorigne and Vitre.
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 Prailles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Prailles