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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