Vouvant tourism and travel guide
Visit Vouvant: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: The pleasant village of Vouvant still retains part of a medieval castle and an ancient stone bridge
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Vouvant. For detailed visitor information see the Vouvant travel guide.
Vouvant is situated in the Vendee department and Pays de la Loire region, in the west of France at 51 kilometres from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital (general information: Vouvant is 345 kilometres from Paris).
Tourist classifications for Vouvant include "most beautiful village".
Popular places to visit nearby include Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 18 km and Maillezais abbey at 22 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Vouvant, 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 Vouvant in Pays de la Loire.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Vendee
Map of places to visit near Vouvant
Markets in and near Vouvant
- Fontenay-le-Comte: market Saturday all day (12km)
- Coulonges-sur-l'Autize: market Tuesday (17km)
- Benet: market Monday (26km)
- Lucon: market Wednesday & Saturday (33km)
- Marans: market Tuesday (34km)
- Bressuire: market Tuesday & Saturday (36km)
- Niort: market Thursday all day & Saturday all day (37km)
- Courcon: market Wednesday (37km)
- Mauleon: market Friday (39km)
- Parthenay: market Wednesday all day (41km)
More information about Vouvant, Pays de la Loire
Tourist attractions near Vouvant, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Vouvant.
Grand sites of France
- Marais Poitevin (28km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Coulon (31km)
- La Flotte-en-Re (60km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Fontenay-le-Comte (12km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (0km)
- Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (18km)
- Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (23km)
- Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (26km)
- Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (26km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardins du Bâtiment (19km)
- Jardins de Chaligny (28km)
- La Guyonnière (41km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chatillon-sur-Thouet (41km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Baie de l'Aiguillon (31km)
- Forêt de Benon (41km)
Amusement park / theme park
- Puy de Fou (38km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Marans (34km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Natur'Zoo de Mervent (7km)
- Fauconnerie du Puy du Fou (falconry) (37km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Vouvant
Canton: Châtaigneraie
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays de la Loire
Postcode: 85120
Distance to Vouvant
from La Roche-sur-Yon (prefecture): 51 km
from Paris: 345 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 706 km
from Bordeaux: 194 km
from Strasbourg: 677 km
Getting here
Vouvant is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Vouvant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Antigny, Bourneau, Cezais, Mervent, Saint-Maurice-Des-Noues and Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds.
This page in French: Visiter Vouvant
