Verrue travel guide
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Visit Verrue: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Verrue is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 33 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Verrue is 275 km from Paris and 471 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moncontour, Vienne at 14 km from Verrue
Popular places to visit near Verrue: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 14 km and Chateau du Rivau at 29 km.
Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' 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 Verrue, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Verrue
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Verrue.
Note that all distances from Verrue shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Verrue holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Verrue (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 Verrue and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (26km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (28km) : La Guyonnière (44km) : Laverré (48km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (21km) : Fontevraud Abbey (37km) : Sanxay (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (40km) : Montsoreau (40km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (24km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (34km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (37km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (40km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (43km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (34km) : Chinon (37km) : Parthenay (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (18km) : Montreuil-Bellay (39km) : Chauvigny (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Verrue & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Verrue
Canton: Monts-sur-Guesnes
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86420
Distance to Verrue
from Poitiers: 33 km
from Paris: 275 km
from Calais: 471 km
from Nice: 657 km
from Bordeaux: 232 km
from Strasbourg: 598 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 Verrue): Chouppes, Coussay, Guesnes, La Chaussee and Saires.
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 Verrue from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Verrue