Trayes travel guide
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Visit Trayes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Trayes is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 41 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Trayes is 321 km from Paris and 504 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 18 km from Trayes
Popular places to visit near Trayes: these include Parthenay at 18 km and Vouvant at 26 km.
Parthenay is a listed 'town of art and history' at 18km and La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km. 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 Trayes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Trayes
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Trayes.
Note that all distances from Trayes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Trayes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Trayes (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 Trayes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (22km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (36km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (41km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (43km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (42km) : Sanxay (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (26km) : Coulon (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (26km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (30km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (37km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (39km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (40km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (18km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Trayes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Trayes
Canton: Moncoutant
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79240
Distance to Trayes
from Niort: 41 km
from Paris: 321 km
from Calais: 504 km
from Nice: 691 km
from Bordeaux: 206 km
from Strasbourg: 651 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Trayes): Clesse, Largeasse, Le Breuil-Bernard, Neuvy-Bouin, Pougne-Herisson, Pugny and Vernoux-en-Gatine.
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 Trayes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Trayes