Saint-Gaudent travel guide
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Visit Saint-Gaudent: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Gaudent is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 52 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Gaudent is 342 km from Paris and 550 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 12 km from Saint-Gaudent
Popular places to visit near Saint-Gaudent: these include Ruffec at 12 km and Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 13 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. 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 Saint-Gaudent, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Gaudent
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Gaudent.
Note that all distances from Saint-Gaudent shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Gaudent holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Gaudent (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 Saint-Gaudent and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (9km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (35km) : Laverré (37km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (9km) : Sanxay (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (4km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (4km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (12km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (12km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (22km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Gaudent & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Gaudent
Canton: Civray
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86400
Distance to Saint-Gaudent
from Poitiers: 52 km
from Paris: 342 km
from Calais: 550 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 157 km
from Strasbourg: 625 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Gaudent): Civray, Genouille, Lizant, Saint-Macoux, Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil, Saint-Saviol, Savigne, Taize-Aizie and Vouleme.
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 Saint-Gaudent from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Gaudent