Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits tourism and travel guide

Visit Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: The village of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits in Vendée has a large medieval market hall and a roman style church to visit

Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is situated in the Vendee department and Pays de la Loire region.

Important note

This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits. For detailed visitor information see the Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits 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 Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits in Pays de la Loire.

Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard at 12 km and Jard-sur-Mer at 14 km.

Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Longeville-sur-Mer

Longeville-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 9 km (direction south-west)

At Longeville-sur-Mer you will enjoy the lively market in the town as well as...

See Longeville-sur-Mer guide
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard

Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard

at 12 km (direction west-south-west)

Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard is a small resort in Vendee where you can visit the house and...

See Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard guide
Jard-sur-Mer

Jard-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 14 km (direction west-south-west)

Jard-sur-Mer is a very pleasant, if quite small, Vendee resort with a harbour and...

See Jard-sur-Mer guide
Chateau de Talmont

Chateau de Talmont

Castle at 15 km (direction west)

The Chateau of Talmont is a ancient castle, now in ruins, in the Vendee...

See Chateau de Talmont guide
 
 
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

at 15 km (direction west)

The small town of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire is mainly known for the Chateau de Talmont, where...

See Talmont-Saint-Hilaire guide
La Tranche-sur-Mer

La Tranche-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 16 km (direction south)

La Tranche-sur-Mer is a small resort, but very pleasant and with an enjoyable promenade...

See La Tranche-sur-Mer guide
La Faute-sur-Mer

La Faute-sur-Mer

Seaside resort at 19 km (direction south-south-east)

Here at La Faute-sur-Mer you can explore the nature reserve and peninsula - or...

See La Faute-sur-Mer guide
La Roche-sur-Yon

La Roche-sur-Yon

at 20 km (direction south-south-east)

La Roche-sur-Yon has an attractive town centre around the gardens of the Place Napoleon...

See La Roche-sur-Yon guide
 
 
Port Bourgenay

Port Bourgenay

at 20 km (direction west-south-west)

The small resort of Bourgenay has a port and a popular beach...

See Port Bourgenay guide
Luçon cathedral

Luçon cathedral

Cathedral at 20 km (direction east)

Luçon cathedral is a small cathedral with element in the roman, gothic, classical and...

See Luçon cathedral guide
Lucon

Lucon

at 20 km (direction east)

Lucon is a quiet Vendee town, usually visited for its imposing cathedral and public...

See Lucon guide
Chateau d'Olonne

Chateau d'Olonne

Seaside resort at 24 km (direction west)

Chateau d'Olonne is a very small resort, well placed for exploring the coast and...

See Chateau d'Olonne guide
 
 
Sables d'Olonne

Sables d'Olonne

Seaside resort at 27 km (direction west)

The lively town of Sables-d'Olonne is our favourite resort on the Vendee coast...

See Sables d'Olonne guide
Ars-en-Re

Ars-en-Re

Most Beautiful Village at 32 km (direction south-south-west), in the Charente-Maritime department

Ars-en-Ré is one of the pretty villages to explore on the Ile-de-Ré...

See Ars-en-Re guide

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Reserve excursions near Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

Map of places to visit near Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

 
 

Markets in and near Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

  • Angles: market Wednesday & Sunday (9km)
  • Jard-sur-Mer: market Monday (14km)
  • La Tranche-sur-Mer: market Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
  • La Faute-sur-Mer: market Thursday & Sunday (19km)
  • Lucon: market Wednesday & Saturday (20km)
  • La Roche-sur-Yon: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (21km)
  • La Mothe-Achard: market Friday (22km)
  • Sables d'Olonne: market every day (27km)
  • Ars-en-Re: market every day except Tuesday - seasonal market only (33km)
  • Ars-en-Re: market Tuesday (33km)

More information about Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, Pays de la Loire

Tourist attractions near Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, France

What to do at Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits.

Aquarium

Heritage sites

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

National Monuments

  • Georges Clemenceau house (12km)

Remarkable gardens

  • Jardins de Chaligny (23km)
  • Jardins du Bâtiment (32km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

Amusement park / theme park

  • Puy de Fou (58km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

  • Parc zoologique des Sables-d'Olonne (26km)
  • Fauconnerie du Puy du Fou (falconry) (58km)
 
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Geography and distances

Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is in the west of France at 20 kilometres from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital (general information: Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is 386 kilometres from Paris).

Geographical Information

Commune: Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

Canton: Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne

Department: Vendee

Region: Pays de la Loire

Postcode: 85540

Distance to Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

from La Roche-sur-Yon (prefecture): 20 km

from Paris: 386 km

from Calais: 551 km

from Nice: 749 km

from Bordeaux: 195 km

from Strasbourg: 726 km

Getting here

Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Avrille, La Jonchere, Le Bernard, Le Givre, Saint-Avaugourd-Des-Landes and Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon.

This page in French: Visiter Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits

 
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