Xaintray travel guide
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Visit Xaintray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Xaintray is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 19 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Xaintray is 337 km from Paris and 524 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 17 km from Xaintray
Popular places to visit near Xaintray: these include Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 17 km and Niort at 19 km.
Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Xaintray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Xaintray
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Xaintray.
Note that all distances from Xaintray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Xaintray holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Xaintray (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 Xaintray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (21km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (39km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (41km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (41km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (20km) : Vouvant (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (17km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (24km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (24km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (39km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (45km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (24km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Xaintray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Xaintray
Canton: Champdeniers-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79220
Distance to Xaintray
from Niort: 19 km
from Paris: 337 km
from Calais: 524 km
from Nice: 682 km
from Bordeaux: 184 km
from Strasbourg: 660 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Xaintray): Beceleuf, Champdeniers-Saint-Denis, Cours, Faye-sur-Ardin, Fenioux, Germond-Rouvre, Les Groseillers, Pamplie, Puihardy, Sainte-Ouenne and Surin.
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 Xaintray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Xaintray