Usseau travel guide
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Visit Usseau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Usseau is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 35 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Usseau is 259 km from Paris and 463 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 29 km from Usseau
Popular places to visit near Usseau: these include Chateau du Rivau at 29 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 31 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 27km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 31km. 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 Usseau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Usseau
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Usseau.
Note that all distances from Usseau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Usseau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Usseau (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 Usseau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (27km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (43km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (45km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (43km) : Oiron Chateau (45km) : Fontevraud Abbey (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (31km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (36km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (41km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (43km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (49km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (49km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (35km) : Chinon (40km) : Loches (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (36km) : Loudun (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Usseau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Usseau
Canton: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86230
Distance to Usseau
from Poitiers: 35 km
from Paris: 259 km
from Calais: 463 km
from Nice: 635 km
from Bordeaux: 242 km
from Strasbourg: 574 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Usseau): Antran, Ingrandes, Leigne-sur-Usseau, Thure and Vaux-sur-Vienne.
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 Usseau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Usseau