Salles travel guide
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Visit Salles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Salles is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 29 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Salles is 330 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 19 km from Salles
Popular places to visit near Salles: these include Melle at 19 km and Niort at 29 km.
Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 14km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Salles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Salles
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Salles.
Note that all distances from Salles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Salles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Salles (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 Salles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (19km) : La Guyonnière (24km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (31km) : Laverré (34km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (49km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (14km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (39km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (40km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (31km) : Poitiers (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Salles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Salles
Canton: Mothe-Saint-Héray
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79800
Distance to Salles
from Niort: 29 km
from Paris: 330 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 651 km
from Bordeaux: 176 km
from Strasbourg: 638 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 Salles): Bougon, Exoudun, La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Nanteuil, Pamproux, Sainte-Eanne and Soudan.
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 Salles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Salles