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Visit Aixe-sur-Vienne: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The quiet town of Aixe-sur-Vienne has few important monuments, but is a pleasure to explore

Aixe-sur-Vienne is situated in the Haute-Vienne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Below you can see 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.

Popular places to visit nearby include Le Jardin de Liliane at 14 km and Oradour-sur-Glane at 17 km.

Aixe-sur-Vienne, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Limoges

at 11 km (direction east-north-east)

Limoges is not usually featured on a list of 'must be visited places' but...

See Limoges guide

Le Jardin de Liliane

Garden at 14 km (direction west)

Le Jardin de Liliane is one of our favourite gardens open to the public...

See Le Jardin de Liliane guide

Oradour-sur-Glane

at 17 km (direction north-west)

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane is a memorial town, now maintained in the condition it...

See Oradour-sur-Glane guide

Chalus

at 20 km (direction south-west)

Châlus is a small market town with two ruined castles in the Monts du...

See Chalus guide

Pierre-Buffiere

at 21 km (direction east-south-east)

The small village of Pierre-Buffiere is listed as a village d'etape - a village...

See Pierre-Buffiere guide

Saint-Junien

at 21 km (direction west-north-west)

After exploring Saint-Junien and the Collegiale Church of Saint-Junien be sure to also visit...

See Saint-Junien guide

Rochechouart

at 25 km (direction west)

On the edge of the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural Park, Rochechouart has a castle and...

See Rochechouart guide

Brigueuil

at 28 km (direction west-north-west), in the Charente department

Here in Brigueuil it is the roman style church that is the most interesting...

See Brigueuil guide

Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat

at 28 km (direction east)

Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat, with its medieval houses and collegiale church, is a reminder that the town...

See Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat guide

Montrol-Senard

at 30 km (direction north-west)

Montrol-Senard is a traditional Limousin village which has been turned into an ecomuseum....

See Montrol-Senard guide

Mortemart

Most Beautiful Village at 31 km (direction north-west)

Now listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France', Mortemart is a very pleasant...

See Mortemart guide

Lac de Saint-Pardoux

at 31 km (direction north-north-east)

The Lac de Saint-Pardoux s a large leisure lake in the Haute-Vienne department...

See Lac de Saint-Pardoux guide

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

at 32 km (direction south-south-east)

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is a small town with a collegiale church and a small historic centre...

See Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche guide

Chateau de Jumilhac

Castle at 34 km (direction south-south-west), in the Dordogne department

The Chateau de Jumilhac is in the northern Dordogn, within the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural...

See Chateau de Jumilhac guide

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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)

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Tourist attractions near Aixe-sur-Vienne, France

What to do at Aixe-sur-Vienne? 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

• Saint-Leonard de Noblat église (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)

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

• Limoges (11km)
• Confolens (43km)

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

Aixe-sur-Vienne is in the southern-centre of France at 11 kilometres from Limoges, the department capital (general information: Aixe-sur-Vienne is 352 kilometres from Paris).

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