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Visit Thaon: Highlights and Tourist Information

Note: The photo above was taken in Creully at 7 km from Thaon

Location: Thaon is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 11 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Thaon is 209 km from Paris and 250 km from the port at Calais).

Popular places to visit near Thaon: these include Creully at 7 km and Caen at 11 km. Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) is a listed religious monument at 8 km and Jardins du château de Brécy is a listed remarkable garden at 8 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

Selected places to visit and attractions near Thaon, France

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

photo of Caen
Caen 11km
photo of Bayeux
Bayeux 18km
photo of Cabourg
Cabourg 25km
photo of Beuvron
Beuvron 31km

See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thaon.

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

Thaon holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Normandy and Calvados gites and villas

Markets near Thaon

  • Douvres-la-Delivrande: market every Thursday (7km)
  • Courseulles-sur-Mer: market every Tuesday & Friday (8km)
  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: market every Thursday (9km)
  • Caen: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (11km)
  • Herouville-Saint-Clair: market every Wednesday (12km)
  • Mondeville: market every Thursday (14km)
  • Ouistreham: market every Wednesday & Saturday - seasonal market only - (15km)
  • Ouistreham: market every Thursday & Sunday & Friday (15km)
  • Tilly-sur-Seulles: market every Sunday (15km)
  • Bayeux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (19km)

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 Thaon and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Thaon map below.

Most Beautiful Village Beuvron (31km)

Religious Monument Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (8km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (9km); Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (9km); Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (11km); Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (18km); Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (35km)

Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Brécy (8km); Plantbessin (25km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (41km)

Secteur Sauvegarde Bayeux (19km)

Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (24km); Torigni-sur-Vire (46km)

Ville Fleurie 4* Cabourg (25km)

Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (36km)

Map of places to visit near Thaon & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Thaon

Canton: Creully

Arrondissement: Caen

Department: Calvados

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 14610

Distance to Thaon

from Caen (local prefecture): 11 km

from Paris: 209 km

from Calais: 250 km

from Nice: 854 km

from Bordeaux: 492 km

from Strasbourg: 604 km

* distances are direct not by road!

More information

We have 25 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thaon): Amblie, Anguerny, Anisy, Authie, Banville, Basly, Beny-sur-Mer, Cairon, Cambes-en-Plaine, Colombiers-sur-Seulles, Colomby-sur-Thaon, Creully, Cully, Douvres-la-Delivrande, Fontaine-Henry, Lantheuil, Lasson, Le Fresne-Camilly, Reviers, Rosel, Rots, Saint-Contest, Secqueville-en-Bessin, Tierceville and Villons-les-Buissons.

Getting here

Calvados is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Thaon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Thaon