Sanzay travel guide
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Visit Sanzay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sanzay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 71 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Sanzay is 296 km from Paris and 474 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thouars at 17 km from Sanzay
Popular places to visit near Sanzay: these include Thouars at 17 km and Aubigne-sur-Layon at 28 km.
Thouars is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km and Parc oriental de Maulévrier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km. 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 Sanzay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sanzay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sanzay.
Note that all distances from Sanzay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sanzay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sanzay (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 Sanzay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (24km) : La Guyonnière (45km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (47km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (27km) : Fontevraud Abbey (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (47km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (24km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (27km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (30km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (44km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (45km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (45km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (17km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (28km) : Cholet (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (29km) : Loudun (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Sanzay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sanzay
Canton: Argenton-Château
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79150
Distance to Sanzay
from Niort: 71 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 474 km
from Nice: 702 km
from Bordeaux: 236 km
from Strasbourg: 637 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sanzay): Argenton-Chateau, Boesse, La Chapelle-Gaudin, La Coudre, Le Breuil-sous-Argenton, Moutiers-sous-Argenton, Saint-Aubin-du-Plain and Saint-Clementin.
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 Sanzay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sanzay