Surin travel guide
Visit Surin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 9 km from Surin
Location: Surin is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 56 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Surin is 343 km from Paris and 553 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Surin: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 9 km and Ruffec at 14 km. Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) is a listed religious monument at 4 km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed religious monument at 5 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 Surin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Surin
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Surin.
Note that all distances from Surin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Surin 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 Surin
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (10km)
- Ruffec: market every Wednesday & Saturday (15km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (22km)
- Chaunay: market every Monday (22km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (34km)
- Lezay: market every Tuesday (36km)
- La Rochefoucauld: market every Wednesday & Saturday (38km)
- Vivonne: market every Saturday (40km)
- Melle: market every Friday (43km)
- Rouille: market every Friday (46km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market every Thursday (49km)
- Montmorillon: market every Wednesday (54km)
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 Surin and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Surin map below.
National Monument Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (8km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (4km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (5km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (8km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (10km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (11km); Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (14km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (19km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (25km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (30km); Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (32km); Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (33km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (44km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (54km)
Remarkable Garden Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (9km); Jardin monastique médiéval (28km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (43km)
Town Of Art And History Confolens (24km); Montmorillon (54km)
Village D'etape Vivonne (40km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (19km)
Map of places to visit near Surin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Surin
Canton: Charroux
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86250
Distance to Surin
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 56 km
from Paris: 343 km
from Calais: 553 km
from Nice: 604 km
from Bordeaux: 156 km
from Strasbourg: 622 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Surin): Asnois, Chatain, Genouille and Le Bouchage.
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 Surin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Surin