Saurais travel guide
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Visit Saurais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saurais is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 41 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Saurais is 311 km from Paris and 503 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 8 km from Saurais
Popular places to visit near Saurais: these include Parthenay at 8 km and Moncontour, Vienne at 31 km.
La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Parthenay is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km. 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 Saurais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saurais
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saurais.
Note that all distances from Saurais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saurais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saurais (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 Saurais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (8km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (12km) : Laverré (42km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (44km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (17km) : Oiron Chateau (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (47km) : Vouvant (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (29km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (29km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (30km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (44km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (45km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (46km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (8km) : Poitiers (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Saurais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saurais
Canton: Thénezay
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79200
Distance to Saurais
from Niort: 41 km
from Paris: 311 km
from Calais: 503 km
from Nice: 665 km
from Bordeaux: 201 km
from Strasbourg: 631 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saurais): La Chapelle-Bertrand, La Ferriere-en-Parthenay and Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux.
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 Saurais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saurais