Aixe-sur-Vienne tourism and travel guide
Visit Aixe-sur-Vienne: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: The quiet town of Aixe-sur-Vienne has few important monuments, but is a pleasure to explore
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Aixe-sur-Vienne. For detailed visitor information see the Aixe-sur-Vienne travel guide.
Aixe-sur-Vienne is situated in the Haute-Vienne department and Limousin region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the southern-centre of France at 11 kilometres from Limoges, the department capital (general information: Aixe-sur-Vienne is 352 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Le Jardin de Liliane at 14 km and Oradour-sur-Glane at 17 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Aixe-sur-Vienne, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Aixe-sur-Vienne in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Haute-Vienne
Map of places to visit near Aixe-sur-Vienne
Markets in and near Aixe-sur-Vienne
- Limoges: market every day (9km)
- Chalus: market Friday (20km)
- Saint-Junien: market Saturday (21km)
- Saint-Pardoux: market Wednesday (31km)
- Piegut-Pluviers: market Wednesday (40km)
- Thiviers: market Tuesday - seasonal market only (45km)
- Thiviers: market Saturday (45km)
More information about Aixe-sur-Vienne, Limousin
Tourist attractions near Aixe-sur-Vienne, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Aixe-sur-Vienne.
Aquarium
- Aquarium du Limousin (10km)
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Segur-le-Chateau (43km)
- Saint-Jean-de-Cole (48km)
National Monuments
- Chateau de Puyguilhem (52km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat (28km)
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (32km)
- Nontron (47km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Perigord-Limousin (34km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (12km)
- Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (21km)
- Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (36km)
- Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (46km)
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (51km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de Liliane (14km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Site Corot (22km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale Étang de la Monnerie (23km)
- Lac de Saint-Pardoux (29km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Pierre-Buffiere (21km)
- Magnac-Bourg (30km)
- Bellac (37km)
- Bessines-sur-Gartempe (39km)
- Uzerche (53km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (17km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Aixe-sur-Vienne
Canton: Aixe-sur-Vienne
Arrondissement: Limoges
Department: Haute-Vienne
Region: Limousin
New region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Postcode: 87700
Distance to Aixe-sur-Vienne
from Limoges (prefecture): 11 km
from Paris: 352 km
from Calais: 575 km
from Nice: 537 km
from Bordeaux: 171 km
from Strasbourg: 588 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Aixe-sur-Vienne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Saint-Martin-le-Vieux, Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe, Sereilhac and Verneuil-sur-Vienne.
This page in French: Visiter Aixe-sur-Vienne
