Thenay travel guide
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Visit Thenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thenay is situated in the Indre department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 28 km from Chateauroux, the department capital. (General information: Thenay is 257 km from Paris and 481 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argenton-sur-Creuse at 8 km from Thenay
Popular places to visit near Thenay: these include Argenton-sur-Creuse at 8 km and Gargilesse-Dampierre at 18 km.
Brenne is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 16km and Etangs de la Brenne is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 16km. 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 Thenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thenay
See France This Way travel guides for Indre and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thenay.
Note that all distances from Thenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thenay (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 France and Indre 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 Thenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (30km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (41km) : Jardin du château de Bouges (49km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (42km) : Bouges-le-Chateau Castle (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (21km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (44km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateauroux (28km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Thenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thenay
Canton: Saint-Gaultier
Arrondissement: Blanc
Department: Indre
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 36800
Distance to Thenay
from Chateauroux: 28 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 481 km
from Nice: 562 km
from Bordeaux: 253 km
from Strasbourg: 521 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 Thenay): Chasseneuil, Chitray, Pont-Chretien-Chabenet, Rivarennes and Saint-Gaultier.
Getting here
Indre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into a Paris airport and drive from there or arrive in a cross-channel port with Le Havre and Caen about 3-4 hours distance in the car. For driving distances to Thenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thenay