Le Thou travel guide
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Visit Le Thou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Thou is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 20 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Le Thou is 394 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 13 km from Le Thou
Popular places to visit near Le Thou: these include Surgeres at 13 km and Rochefort at 16 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km and Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Thou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Thou
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Thou.
Note that all distances from Le Thou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Thou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Thou (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime gites and villas
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 Thou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (31km) : Jardins de la Boirie (34km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (33km) : Coulon (37km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (42km) : Ars-en-Re (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (33km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (39km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (42km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (43km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (26km) : Saintes (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (29km) : Marais Poitevin (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Thou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thou
Canton: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17290
Distance to Le Thou
from La Rochelle: 20 km
from Paris: 394 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 697 km
from Bordeaux: 141 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Thou): Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Ardillieres, Ballon, Chambon, Cire-d'Aunis, Forges and Landrais.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Le Thou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Thou