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Visit Vaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaux is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 33 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Vaux is 326 km from Paris and 531 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 28 km from Vaux
Popular places to visit near Vaux: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 28 km and Melle at 29 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vaux
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.
Note that all distances from Vaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vaux (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 and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (19km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (30km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (42km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (44km) : La Guyonnière (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (22km) : Sanxay (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (18km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (22km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (23km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (24km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (28km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (33km) : Confolens (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaux
Canton: Couhé
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86700
Distance to Vaux
from Poitiers: 33 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 531 km
from Nice: 625 km
from Bordeaux: 174 km
from Strasbourg: 621 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 Vaux): Anche, Ceaux-en-Couhe, Chatillon, Couhe and Payre.
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 from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vaux