Sommières-du-Clain travel guide
Visit Sommières-du-Clain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sommières-du-Clain is situated in the Vienne (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 34 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Sommières-du-Clain is 323 km from Paris).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 26 km from Sommières-du-Clain
Popular places to visit nearby: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 26 km and Ruffec at 30 km . For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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What to do? Selected places to visit and attractions close by
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sommières-du-Clain. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
Nouaille-Maupertuis (26km)
Ruffec (30km)
Nanteuil-en-Vallee (31km)
Poitiers (34km)
Verteuil-sur-Charente (34km)
Saint-Germain-de-Confolens (36km)
Confolens (38km)
Chauvigny (39km)
Melle (39km)
Bayers (41km)
Tusson (44km)
Brigueuil (53km)
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne (this department) and Poitou-Charentes (this region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sommières-du-Clain.
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 holiday apartments - we suggest holiday villages in France
Markets near Sommières-du-Clain
- Civray: market Tuesday & Friday (15km)
- Chaunay: market Monday (17km)
- Vivonne: market Saturday (18km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market Thursday (25km)
- Lezay: market Tuesday (28km)
- Rouille: market Friday (29km)
- Ruffec: market Wednesday & Saturday (31km)
- Poitiers: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (34km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market Thursday (37km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market Saturday (38km)
- Melle: market Friday (39km)
- Montmorillon: market Wednesday (42km)
- Saint-Savin: market Friday (50km)
Map of places to visit near Sommières-du-Clain and location information
Tourist attractions to visit
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sommières-du-Clain and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the map below.
Heritage sites Poitiers église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (33km); Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km)
National Monuments Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (15km); Sanxay (37km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Chauvigny (39km)
Churches or other religious monuments Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (12km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (13km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (15km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (15km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (16km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (17km); Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (19km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (24km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (25km); Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (26km); Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (30km); Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (39km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (42km); Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (44km); Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (50km)
Remarkable gardens Laverré (19km); Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (28km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (39km); Touffou (42km); Jardin monastique médiéval (44km)
Towns of Art and history Poitiers (34km); Confolens (38km); Montmorillon (42km)
Listed as villages d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey) Vivonne (18km)
zoo or wildlife park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (7km)
More information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sommières-du-Clain
Canton: Gençay
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86160
Distance to Sommières-du-Clain
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 323 km
from Calais: 531 km
from Nice: 614 km
from Bordeaux: 176 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
Close by
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sommieres-du-Clain): Champagne-Saint-Hilaire, Chateau-Garnier, La Ferriere-Airoux and Romagne.
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 Sommières-du-Clain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sommières-du-Clain