Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay travel guide
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Visit Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 87 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay is 274 km from Paris and 455 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thouars at 12 km from Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay
Popular places to visit near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay: these include Thouars at 12 km and Chateau de Saumur at 21 km.
Montreuil-Bellay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Thouars is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. 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 Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay.
Note that all distances from Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay (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 Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (41km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (42km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (49km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (17km) : Fontevraud Abbey (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (25km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (22km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (25km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (25km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (29km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (29km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (11km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (35km) : Parthenay (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (7km) : Loudun (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay
Canton: Thouars 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79290
Distance to Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay
from Niort: 87 km
from Paris: 274 km
from Calais: 455 km
from Nice: 693 km
from Bordeaux: 251 km
from Strasbourg: 616 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-Martin-de-Sanzay): Argenton-l'Eglise, Bouille-Loretz, Brion-Pres-Thouet, Le Puy-Notre-Dame, Montreuil-Bellay, Saint-Cyr-la-Lande, Saint-Macaire-du-Bois, Tourtenay and Vaudelnay.
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 Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay