Sanxay travel guide
Visit Sanxay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sanxay is situated in the Vienne (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Sanxay is 317 km from Paris).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 25 km from Sanxay
Popular places to visit nearby: these include Parthenay at 25 km and Chateau de Cherveux at 28 km . For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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What to do? Selected places to visit and attractions close by
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sanxay. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
Parthenay (25km)
Chateau de Cherveux (28km)
Poitiers (28km)
Melle (32km)
Nouaille-Maupertuis (32km)
Niort (39km)
Moncontour, Vienne (43km)
Coulon (48km)
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne (this department) and Poitou-Charentes (this region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sanxay.
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 holiday apartments - we suggest holiday villages in France
Markets near Sanxay
- Rouille: market Friday (9km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market Thursday (16km)
- Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole: market Saturday (18km)
- Vouille: market Saturday (21km)
- Vivonne: market Saturday (22km)
- Parthenay: market Wednesday all day (25km)
- Lezay: market Tuesday (25km)
- Thenezay: market Sunday (26km)
- La Creche: market Sunday (26km)
- Poitiers: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (28km)
- Neuville-de-Poitou: market Thursday & Sunday (29km)
- Melle: market Friday (32km)
- Chaunay: market Monday (34km)
- Jaunay-Clan: market Friday (36km)
- Mirebeau: market Wednesday & Saturday (36km)
- Airvault: market Saturday (38km)
- Niort: market Thursday all day & Saturday all day (40km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market Thursday (41km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market Thursday (42km)
- Civray: market Tuesday & Friday (45km)
- Naintre: market Sunday (48km)
- Bressuire: market Tuesday & Saturday (54km)
Map of places to visit near Sanxay and location information
Tourist attractions to visit
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sanxay and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the map below.
Heritage sites Poitiers église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km); Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
National Monuments Sanxay (0km); Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (50km)
Churches or other religious monuments Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (12km); Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (32km); Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (34km); Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (39km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (44km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (45km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (50km)
Remarkable gardens Jardin du château de La Mothe (19km); La Guyonnière (20km); Laverré (27km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns) Chatillon-sur-Thouet (26km)
theme park Futuroscope (35km)
Towns of Art and history Parthenay (25km); Poitiers (28km)
Listed as villages d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey) Vivonne (22km)
zoo or wildlife park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (36km); Zoodyssée (49km)
More information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sanxay
Canton: Lusignan
Arrondissement: Poitiers
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86600
Distance to Sanxay
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 28 km
from Paris: 317 km
from Calais: 514 km
from Nice: 650 km
from Bordeaux: 189 km
from Strasbourg: 627 km
Close by
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sanxay): Curzay-sur-Vonne, Jazeneuil, Les Forges, Menigoute and Saint-Germier.
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 Sanxay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sanxay