Velleches travel guide
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Visit Velleches: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velleches is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 43 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Velleches is 252 km from Paris and 456 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Crissay-sur-Manse at 23 km from Velleches
Popular places to visit near Velleches: these include Crissay-sur-Manse at 23 km and Chateau du Rivau at 24 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 23km. 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 Velleches, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velleches
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velleches.
Note that all distances from Velleches shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velleches holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velleches (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 Velleches and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (22km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (36km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (36km) : Fontevraud Abbey (45km) : Oiron Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (23km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (38km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (46km) : Montsoreau (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (42km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (42km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (45km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (45km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (46km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (49km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (35km) : Loches (40km) : Poitiers (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (35km) : Chauvigny (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Velleches & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vellèches
Canton: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86230
Distance to Velleches
from Poitiers: 43 km
from Paris: 252 km
from Calais: 456 km
from Nice: 638 km
from Bordeaux: 249 km
from Strasbourg: 569 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 Velleches): Dange-Saint-Romain, Leigne-sur-Usseau, Les Ormes, Marigny-Marmande, Mondion, Pussigny 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 Velleches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velleches