Smarves travel guide
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Visit Smarves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Smarves is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 9 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Smarves is 301 km from Paris and 506 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 5 km from Smarves
Popular places to visit near Smarves: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 5 km and Poitiers at 8 km.
Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Laverré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. 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 Smarves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Smarves
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Smarves.
Note that all distances from Smarves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Smarves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Smarves (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 Smarves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (7km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (32km) : La Guyonnière (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (49km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (27km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (5km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (15km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (25km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (29km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (38km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (8km) : Montmorillon (41km) : Parthenay (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Smarves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Smarves
Canton: Villedieu-du-Clain
Arrondissement: Poitiers
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86240
Distance to Smarves
from Poitiers: 9 km
from Paris: 301 km
from Calais: 506 km
from Nice: 626 km
from Bordeaux: 199 km
from Strasbourg: 601 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Smarves): Croutelle, Iteuil, La Villedieu-du-Clain, Liguge, Mignaloux-Beauvoir, Nouaille-Maupertuis and Roches-Premarie-Andille.
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 Smarves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Smarves