Vancais travel guide
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Visit Vancais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vancais is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 40 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Vancais is 332 km from Paris and 534 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 18 km from Vancais
Popular places to visit near Vancais: these include Melle at 18 km and Ruffec at 32 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. 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 Vancais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vancais
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vancais.
Note that all distances from Vancais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vancais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vancais (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 Vancais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (18km) : Laverré (27km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (34km) : La Guyonnière (38km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (41km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (41km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (22km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (28km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (30km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (32km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (32km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (36km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (38km) : Parthenay (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Vancais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vançais
Canton: Lezay
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79120
Distance to Vancais
from Niort: 40 km
from Paris: 332 km
from Calais: 534 km
from Nice: 636 km
from Bordeaux: 170 km
from Strasbourg: 631 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vancais): Lezay, Messe, Rom and Sainte-Soline.
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 Vancais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vancais