Thaire travel guide
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Visit Thaire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thaire is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 15 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Thaire is 399 km from Paris and 581 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ile-d'Aix at 15 km from Thaire
Popular places to visit near Thaire: these include Ile-d'Aix at 15 km and Rochefort at 15 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' 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 Thaire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thaire
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 Thaire.
Note that all distances from Thaire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thaire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thaire (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 Thaire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (28km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (29km) : La Roche Courbon (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (28km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (40km) : Ars-en-Re (42km) : Coulon (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (45km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (46km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (46km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (26km) : Saintes (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (15km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (25km) : Marais Poitevin (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Thaire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thairé
Canton: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17290
Distance to Thaire
from La Rochelle: 15 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 581 km
from Nice: 703 km
from Bordeaux: 141 km
from Strasbourg: 716 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thaire): Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Ballon, Cire-d'Aunis, Croix-Chapeau, Saint-Vivien and Salles-sur-Mer.
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 Thaire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thaire