Aixe-sur-Vienne tourism and travel guide

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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 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.

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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!

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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)

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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

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