Vouleme travel guide
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Visit Vouleme: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vouleme is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 54 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Vouleme is 345 km from Paris and 552 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 8 km from Vouleme
Popular places to visit near Vouleme: these include Ruffec at 8 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 13 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Vouleme, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vouleme
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vouleme.
Note that all distances from Vouleme shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vouleme holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vouleme (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 Vouleme and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (8km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km) : Laverré (39km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (14km) : Sanxay (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (7km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (8km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (8km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (16km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (27km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (35km) : Angouleme (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Vouleme & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Voulême
Canton: Civray
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86400
Distance to Vouleme
from Poitiers: 54 km
from Paris: 345 km
from Calais: 552 km
from Nice: 615 km
from Bordeaux: 154 km
from Strasbourg: 630 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vouleme): Civray, Les Adjots, Limalonges, Lizant, Montalembert, Saint-Gaudent, Saint-Macoux, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil, Saint-Saviol and Taize-Aizie.
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 Vouleme from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vouleme