What You Must Discover!

Our Region : Le Haut Poitou

Le Haut Poitou has always been a place of passage and discovery. Many vestiges are retelling history and way of life of humanity throughout time:

• prehistorical, Gallic or Roman sites,
• Castles and manors, churches and chapels
• touristic areas or hiking ways
• gastronomy

In Châtellerault

• Henri IV bridge and Vienne riverfronts
• Saint Jacques church and polychromatic statue of the saint
• architectural route with Sully museum and Descartes house
• the aquatic center with its toboggan, its large pool and its waves pool
• two cinema theaters: Le Loft 3 minutes away from la Dulcinière and les 400 coups

Very Close From Châtellerault

• Futuroscope park (20 minutes by car or by train)
• Monkeys Valley
• Chauvigny with its castles and its famous eagles spectacles "Les Géants du Ciel"
• Poitiers battle site
• Saint-Cyr lake or Bonneuil-Matours
• Pinail forest
• Montmorillon - Cité de l’Écrit et des Métiers du livre
• Saint-Savin abbey
• and other short excursions

A Little Farther

• Loire Castles: Villandry (50 min), Azay le rideau (50 min), Amboise (1h), Chenonceau (1h), Chambord (1h30), Cheverny (1h30), Brézé (1h20).

• some close towns merit a visit too: Poitiers (30 min),Tours (45min), Angers (1h40), Chinon (1h), Saumur (1h25), Blois (1h20).

Several hiking loops are possible from or around Châtellerault: Camino de Santiago, GR hike alongside Vienne river or in Pinail forest.

For more information, we recommend to consult Vienne tourism website