Sillars travel guide
Visit Sillars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chauvigny at 19 km from Sillars
Location: Sillars is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Sillars is 296 km from Paris and 510 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Sillars: these include Chauvigny at 19 km and Nouaille-Maupertuis at 29 km. Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) is a listed religious monument at 8 km and Montmorillon is a listed town of art and history at 8 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 Sillars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sillars
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sillars.
Note that all distances from Sillars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sillars 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 Sillars
- Montmorillon: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Saint-Savin: market every Friday (18km)
- Le Blanc: market every Saturday (33km)
- Poitiers: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (38km)
- Vivonne: market every Saturday (39km)
- Jaunay-Clan: market every Friday (43km)
- Naintre: market every Sunday (44km)
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (47km)
- Saint-Pardoux: market every Wednesday (56km)
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 Sillars and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sillars map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (37km); Poitiers église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km)
Most Beautiful Village Angles-sur-l'Anglin (32km)
National Monument Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (41km)
Recommended Detour Chauvigny (19km)
Regional Natural Parc Brenne (46km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (8km); Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (9km); Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (18km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (19km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (24km); Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (28km); Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (29km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (30km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (41km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (46km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (47km); Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (48km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (49km)
Remarkable Garden Touffou (26km); Laverré (33km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Poitiers (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Etangs de la Brenne (46km)
Theme Park Futuroscope (41km)
Town Of Art And History Montmorillon (8km); Poitiers (38km)
Village D'etape Vivonne (39km); Bellac (39km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (42km)
Map of places to visit near Sillars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sillars
Canton: Lussac-les-Châteaux
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86320
Distance to Sillars
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 38 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 510 km
from Nice: 593 km
from Bordeaux: 205 km
from Strasbourg: 577 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sillars): Lussac-les-Chateaux.
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 Sillars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sillars