Vaux-sur-Vienne travel guide
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Visit Vaux-sur-Vienne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaux-sur-Vienne is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 41 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Vaux-sur-Vienne is 254 km from Paris and 459 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 27 km from Vaux-sur-Vienne
Popular places to visit near Vaux-sur-Vienne: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 27 km and Chateau du Rivau at 28 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 27km. 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 Vaux-sur-Vienne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaux-sur-Vienne
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vaux-sur-Vienne.
Note that all distances from Vaux-sur-Vienne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaux-sur-Vienne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaux-sur-Vienne (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 Vaux-sur-Vienne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (26km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (40km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (39km) : Fontevraud Abbey (49km) : Oiron Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (27km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (38km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (40km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (45km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (46km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (47km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Loches (39km) : Chinon (40km) : Poitiers (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (38km) : Chauvigny (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaux-sur-Vienne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaux-sur-Vienne
Canton: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86220
Distance to Vaux-sur-Vienne
from Poitiers: 41 km
from Paris: 254 km
from Calais: 459 km
from Nice: 634 km
from Bordeaux: 247 km
from Strasbourg: 568 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vaux-sur-Vienne): Dange-Saint-Romain, Ingrandes, Les Ormes, Oyre, Usseau and Velleches.
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 Vaux-sur-Vienne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaux-sur-Vienne