WHAT TO DO IN GRAND POITIERS?
During your stay, discover Poitiers and its surroundings through numerous activities!
On water, on land or in the air, choose your element!
Whatever your tastes, we offer you a wide range of activities to share with family, friends or couples to challenge yourself, let off steam or simply relax. If you are looking for thrills or challenges with friends or family, check out our selection of motor sports and tree climbing courses. For the little ones, the amusement parks with inflatables and adventure courses await you for moments shared with your family.
Viking 2.0: life-size adventure game
Poitiers
45 place Charles de Gaulle
Prices from 5€
Discover Poitiers while having fun, in search of the Viking Treasure!
Sainte-Radegonde Church
Poitiers
Sainte-Radegonde Church, 17 Rue du Pigeon Blanc
Free
Placed under the protection of Radegonde, daughter of the king of Thuringia and wife of the Frankish king Clotaire I, the present-day church of Sainte-Radegonde in Poitiers is built around an eleventh-century bell tower-porch, a twelfth-century chevet with an ambulatory and a thirteenth-century nave.
Holy Cross Museum
Poitiers
61 Saint-Simplicien Street
Prices from 2,50€
The Sainte-Croix museum, built in 1974 in Poitiers, is the first museum in Poitou-Charentes for the richness of its art and archaeology collections.
Rurart Contemporary Art Centre
Rusty
Rurart, Lycée Agricole Venours, D150
Free
Rurart brings culture to rural areas.
Sewing Machine Museum
Rusty
The Long Bottom
Prices from 5€
It is a passionate person who invites you to a journey through the first 70 years of the sewing machine in Rouillé.
Fontaine-le-Comte Abbey
Fontaine-le-Comte
Fontaine le Comte Abbey, 17 Rue de l'Abbaye
Free
In its landscaped setting, founded around 1130 by William VIII, Count of Poitou-duc d'Aquitaine, the Abbey of Fontaine-le-Comte first welcomed a community of canons of Saint-Augustin.
Dormitory of the Monks / Capitular Hall
Saint-Benoît
Des Moines Dormitory, Rue Paul Gauvin
Free
In the heart of the Bourg de Saint Benoit, near Poitiers.
Rue de la Chaîne
Poitiers
Rue de la Chaîne
Free
The rue de la Chaîne was an important traffic axis because it was the most direct way to get to the city centre of Poitiers when arriving from Paris.
Saint-Louis Chapel
Poitiers
Collège Henri IV, 1 Rue Louis Renard
Free
The Saint Louis chapel, a sober setting for a remarkable painted decoration in Poitiers, was built in 1608 by the Jesuits to serve their newly created college.
Prefecture
Poitiers
Préfecture de la Vienne, 1 Place Aristide Briand
Free
Part of a vast urban renewal programme inspired by Haussmann's Parisian designs, the prefecture of Poitiers was built by the architects Durand and Guérinot between 1864 and 1868.
