Sammarcolles travel guide
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Visit Sammarcolles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sammarcolles is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 52 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Sammarcolles is 261 km from Paris and 453 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 15 km from Sammarcolles
Popular places to visit near Sammarcolles: these include Chateau du Rivau at 15 km and Chateau Chinon at 17 km.
Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 5km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Sammarcolles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sammarcolles
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sammarcolles.
Note that all distances from Sammarcolles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sammarcolles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sammarcolles (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 Sammarcolles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (16km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (35km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (43km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (44km) : Parc de Lathan (49km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (18km) : Oiron Chateau (19km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (21km) : Montsoreau (21km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (18km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (21km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (27km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (31km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (5km) : Montreuil-Bellay (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Sammarcolles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sammarçolles
Canton: Loudun
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86200
Distance to Sammarcolles
from Poitiers: 52 km
from Paris: 261 km
from Calais: 453 km
from Nice: 668 km
from Bordeaux: 250 km
from Strasbourg: 593 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sammarcolles): Basses, Loudun, Maulay and Messeme.
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 Sammarcolles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sammarcolles