Priaires travel guide
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Visit Priaires: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Priaires is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 23 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Priaires is 375 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 12 km from Priaires
Popular places to visit near Priaires: these include Surgeres at 12 km and Marais Poitevin at 18 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km. 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 Priaires, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Priaires
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Priaires.
Note that all distances from Priaires shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Priaires holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Priaires (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 Priaires and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (37km) : La Roche Courbon (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (20km) : Vouvant (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (25km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (28km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (35km) : Saintes (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (22km) : Brouage Fortifications (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Priaires & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Priaires
Canton: Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79210
Distance to Priaires
from Niort: 23 km
from Paris: 375 km
from Calais: 564 km
from Nice: 676 km
from Bordeaux: 145 km
from Strasbourg: 685 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Priaires): Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, La Foye-Monjault, Marsais, Mauze-sur-le-Mignon, Saint-Felix, Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois and Usseau.
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 Priaires from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Priaires