Sanxay travel guide

Sanxay photo, taken in Parthenay France

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Visit Sanxay: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Sanxay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Sanxay is 317 km from Paris and 514 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 25 km from Sanxay

Popular places to visit near Sanxay: these include Parthenay at 25 km and Poitiers at 28 km.

Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Jardin du château de La Mothe is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sanxay, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sanxay

photo of Melle
Melle 32km
photo of Niort
Niort 39km
photo of Coulon
Coulon 48km

See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sanxay.

Note that all distances from Sanxay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Sanxay holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sanxay (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 Sanxay and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (19km) : La Guyonnière (20km) : Laverré (27km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Coulon (48km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (12km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (32km) : 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 Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (45km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (25km) : Poitiers (28km) :

Map of places to visit near Sanxay & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Sanxay

Canton: Lusignan

Arrondissement: Poitiers

Department: Vienne

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 86600

Distance to Sanxay

from Poitiers: 28 km

from Paris: 317 km

from Calais: 514 km

from Nice: 650 km

from Bordeaux: 189 km

from Strasbourg: 627 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

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