Tourtenay travel guide
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Visit Tourtenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tourtenay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 84 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Tourtenay is 273 km from Paris and 458 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thouars at 10 km from Tourtenay
Popular places to visit near Tourtenay: these include Thouars at 10 km and Moncontour, Vienne at 19 km.
Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 10km and Thouars is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km. 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 Tourtenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tourtenay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tourtenay.
Note that all distances from Tourtenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tourtenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tourtenay (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 Tourtenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (35km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (43km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (47km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (10km) : Fontevraud Abbey (21km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (24km) : Montsoreau (24km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (17km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (21km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (24km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (24km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (10km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (32km) : Parthenay (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (11km) : Loudun (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Tourtenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tourtenay
Canton: Thouars 1er Canton
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79100
Distance to Tourtenay
from Niort: 84 km
from Paris: 273 km
from Calais: 458 km
from Nice: 686 km
from Bordeaux: 247 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tourtenay): Antoigne, Berrie, Brion-Pres-Thouet, Curcay-sur-Dive, Louzy, Pouancay, Saint-Cyr-la-Lande, Saint-Leger-de-Montbrillais, Saint-Leger-de-Montbrun, Saint-Martin-de-Macon, Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay and Ternay.
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 Tourtenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tourtenay