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Le Thor travel guide

Visit Le Thor: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Le Thor is situated in the Vaucluse department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 14 km from Avignon, the department capital. (General information: Le Thor is 584 km from Paris and 815 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pernes-les-Fontaines at 9 km from Le Thor

Popular places to visit near Le Thor: these include Pernes-les-Fontaines at 9 km and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse at 11 km.

Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Pernes-les-Fontaines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Thor, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Thor

See France This Way travel guides for Vaucluse and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Thor.

Note that all distances from Le Thor shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Tourist attractions nearby

Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Le Thor and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Brantes (13km) : Jarditrain (13km) : Jardin de l'Alchimiste (19km) : Jardin aquatique « Aux fleurs de l'eau (20km) : Jardin de la Louve (28km) : Jardin à la française du Pavillon de Galon (40km) : Jardin du château de Val Joanis (48km) : Jardin d'Eguilles (49km) :
2. National Monuments: Fort Saint-Andre (16km) : Glanum (20km) : Montmajour Abbey (41km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Venasque (14km) : Gordes (17km) : Menerbes (20km) : Roussillon (24km) : Baux-de-Provence (26km) : Seguret (31km) : Lourmarin (35km) : Ansouis (43km) : La Roque-sur-Ceze (48km) :
4. Religious monuments: Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges (Sorgues) (7km) : Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos de Montfavet (Avignon) (15km) : Abbaye de Sénanque (Gordes) (17km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de Nazareth (Vaison-la-Romaine) (35km) : Abbaye de Silvacane (La Roque-d'Antheron) (35km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (41km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (47km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Istres (46km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Avignon Centre (15km) : Orange Roman Theatre (28km) : Pont du Gard (37km) : Roman Arles (40km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Carpentras (14km) : Beaucaire (31km) : Vaison-la-Romaine (35km) : Arles (41km) : Uzes (47km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Pernes-les-Fontaines (9km) : Apt (33km) : Nyons (49km) :
9. Grand Site of France: Mont Ventoux (35km) :

Map of places to visit near Le Thor & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Thor

Canton: Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

Arrondissement: Avignon

Department: Vaucluse

Region: Provence

Postcode: 84250

Distance to Le Thor

from Avignon: 14 km

from Paris: 584 km

from Calais: 815 km

from Nice: 184 km

from Bordeaux: 454 km

from Strasbourg: 559 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Thor): Caumont-sur-Durance, Chateauneuf-de-Gadagne, Jonquerettes, Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon and Velleron.

Getting here

Vaucluse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - coming by car to the region takes about 10 hours from the cross-channel ferry ports. For driving distances to Le Thor from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Le Thor