A tourism property for sale in Deux-Sèvres lies between two visitor hubs: to the south-west, the Marais poitevin, whose Green Venice, a Grand Site de France, is explored by boat around Coulon, Arçais and La Garette; to the north, the Bocage around Bressuire, within reach of the Puy du Fou in neighbouring Vendée, whose visitors look for accommodation for several nights. In between, the Gâtine and medieval Parthenay, the Thouars area and the Château d'Oiron, and the Mellois with its Romanesque churches on the Way of St James attract families, cyclists and pilgrims.
Niort, where the A10 and A83 motorways meet and home to major mutual insurers, adds business travellers. Local tourism real estate therefore includes renovated farms with several lets, sometimes with a small campsite, Poitou logis converted into B&Bs, equestrian estates, châteaux run as guest estates, village hotel-restaurants and marshland inns. This page is written for investors, buyers taking over a running business and owners planning to sell.
As of 25 September 2026, 10 tourism properties in Deux-Sèvres are listed on ma-propriete.fr: 6 gîtes, 1 event venue, 1 equestrian property, 1 manor house or château, 1 B&B. The median asking price is €435,498; half are priced between €297,338 and €740,250, ranging from €253,500 to €829,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Deux-Sèvres was €144,065 (average €146,778), or €1,316/m² of living space, for 112 m² on an average plot of 3,102 m², based on 2,410 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €74,000 and one in ten above €225,640. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €127,000 to €144,000 (+13.4%); over the last year the change is +2.9%. For comparison: €170,000 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Deux-Sèvres | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €144,065 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €146,778 | €188,636 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €74,000 | €83,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €225,640 | €315,785 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,316/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 112 m² | 110 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,102 m² | 4,005 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,410 | 26,126 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €115,900 (tourist inland) to €165,000 (peri-urban countryside). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) * | €115,900 | €1,182/m² | -18.0% | 75 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €165,000 | €1,530/m² | +7.9% | 5,451 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €121,000 | €1,138/m² | +13.2% | 9,583 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €480,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €497,400, a P10–P90 range of €354,000 to €677,500 and 1,341 €/m² of living space, over 46 sales. These homes average 353 m² of living space on 13,883 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deux-Sèvres (2021-2025) | 46 | €480,000* | €497,400 | €354,000 – €677,500 | 1,341 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2025) | 171 | €615,000 | €805,900 | €400,000 – €1,480,000 | 1,692 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2021-2025) | 1,105 | €629,400 | €814,400 | €395,000 – €1,517,600 | 1,704 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Deux-Sèvres and prestige property prices in Deux-Sèvres (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Start with the everyday rural market: a median €144,065 in 2025 for a country house, below the regional benchmark. Peri-urban countryside around Niort reaches €165,000 over 2020-2025, while the few tourist inland municipalities give only an indicative value. A farm with several gîtes and a pool, a B&B logis or a château sits closer to the market for large period homes, whose indicative departmental median is €480,000, well below the regional figure. Supply is dominated by gîte complexes, alongside equestrian estates, manor houses and event venues; hotels are rare.
Hotels in Deux-Sèvres follow demand. In Niort, they rely on steady weekday business travel, topped up at weekends by visitors to the marshes. In Green Venice, boutique hotels and canal-side inns host leisure guests from spring to autumn, with a menu of eel, mogettes beans and chabichou goat's cheese. In the north, between Bressuire and Thouars, a hotel-restaurant can attract visitors to the Vendée theme park. In the Gâtine and the Mellois, village inns and farm inns rely on local goat and cattle farming. A deal may concern the walls, the walls with the business, or the business alone on a lease, the business being priced from EBITDA. Search hotels for sale throughout France and inns and hotel-restaurants.
Renovated farms and village houses with several holiday lets make up most of the market: see gîtes for sale in Deux-Sèvres. Marshland houses and logis hosting guests with breakfast are listed under B&Bs for sale in Deux-Sèvres.
Campsites on the Sèvre niortaise or the Thouet, and farm campsites alongside gîtes, attract strong interest. Classified campsites, leisure parks and holiday villages are grouped under campsite businesses in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. In wetland areas, cabin, gypsy caravan or lodge projects face strict rules; see glamping sites for sale.
Châteaux with outbuildings and large farmsteads host weddings and seminars, notably for clients from Niort: see event venues in Deux-Sèvres.
Buying a hotel or inn covers the building, through a notary (preliminary contract, then deed), and the business (goodwill, trading name, contracts, equipment), with its own transfer formalities. Review the ERP safety commission's latest findings and check that its 1 to 5 star rating, valid for 5 years, is current. The alcohol licence and operating permit must be in order and the licence transfer validated locally. Gîtes on site must be registered under the loi Le Meur of 19 November 2024. A campsite needs a development permit above 20 people or 6 units. In the protected wetlands of the Marais poitevin, works are tightly controlled and flood risk must be assessed; elsewhere, watch for clay shrink-swell. Converting a farm building requires planning consent, and septic systems a SPANC inspection.
The Marais poitevin has the most leisure visitors but a marked season; Niort guarantees weekday business; the north benefits from stays linked to Vendée. The Gâtine and the Mellois are cheaper, with fewer visitors.
Work from occupancy, average rate, costs and season length. Ask for recent accounts and bookings and test your assumptions with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
Rarely without a zoning change. Farm campsites and small natural sites, limited to 30 pitches and six months a year, are the most accessible options; consult the town hall first.
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