Aixe-sur-Vienne tourism and travel guide

Visit Aixe-sur-Vienne: highlights and tourist information
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Aixe-sur-Vienne is situated in the Haute-Vienne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
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.
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...
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...
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...
See Oradour-sur-Glane guide

Chalus
at 20 km (direction south-west)Châlus is a small market town with two ruined castles in the...
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 -...
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...
See Saint-Junien guide

Rochechouart
at 25 km (direction west)On the edge of the Perigord-Limousin Regional Natural Park, Rochechouart has a...
See Rochechouart guide

Brigueuil
at 28 km (direction west-north-west), in the Charente departmentHere in Brigueuil it is the roman style church that is the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
See Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche guide

Chateau de Jumilhac
Castle at 34 km (direction south-south-west), in the Dordogne departmentThe Chateau de Jumilhac is in the northern Dordogn, within the Perigord-Limousin...
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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
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
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
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).
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
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