Sammarcolles travel guide
Visit Sammarcolles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 15 km from Sammarcolles
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).
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 5 km and Aquarium de Loudun is a listed aquarium at 5 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Sammarcolles
- Loudun: market every Tuesday (5km)
- Richelieu: market every Monday & Friday (14km)
- Chinon: market every Thursday all day & Sunday (18km)
- Avoine: market every Friday (20km)
- Montsoreau: market every Sunday (21km)
- Montreuil-Bellay: market every Tuesday (25km)
- Mirebeau: market every Wednesday & Saturday (27km)
- Bourgueil: market every Tuesday & Saturday (27km)
- Thouars: market every Tuesday & Friday all day (28km)
- Saumur: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (30km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sammarcolles map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Loudun (5km)
Most Beautiful Village Candes-Saint-Martin (21km); Montsoreau (21km); Crissay-sur-Manse (29km)
National Monument Fontevraud Abbey (18km); Oiron Chateau (19km); Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (35km)
Recommended Detour Loudun (5km); Montreuil-Bellay (25km)
Regional Natural Parc Loire-Anjou-Touraine (24km)
Religious Monument 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); Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km); Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Les jardins du château du Rivau (16km); Les jardins de la Chatonnière (35km); Les jardins du château de Villandry (44km); Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (56km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Richelieu (14km); Chinon (18km); Saumur (30km)
Town Of Art And History Chinon (19km); Thouars (28km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Thouars (28km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Doué-la-Fontaine (38km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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