Vitre travel guide
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Visit Vitre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vitre is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 21 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Vitre is 344 km from Paris and 540 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 8 km from Vitre
Popular places to visit near Vitre: these include Melle at 8 km and Niort at 21 km.
Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. 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 Vitre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vitre
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vitre.
Note that all distances from Vitre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vitre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vitre (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 Vitre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (8km) : La Guyonnière (33km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (44km) : Laverré (45km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (45km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (46km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (28km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (39km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (41km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Vitre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vitré
Canton: Celles-sur-Belle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79370
Distance to Vitre
from Niort: 21 km
from Paris: 344 km
from Calais: 540 km
from Nice: 653 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 650 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 Vitre): Aigonnay, Beaussais, Celles-sur-Belle, La Couarde, Prailles and Thorigne.
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 Vitre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vitre