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Visit Thenon: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Thenon is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 28 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Thenon is 424 km from Paris and 648 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Montignac at 11 km from Thenon

Popular places to visit near Thenon: these include Montignac at 11 km and Plazac at 12 km.

Vezere Valley is a listed 'heritage site' at 13km and Jardins du château de Losse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. 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 Thenon, France

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

See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thenon.

Note that all distances from Thenon 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 Thenon and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Losse (13km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (15km) : Jardins de l'Imaginaire (19km) : Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (27km) : Jardin de Planbuisson (35km) : Jardins de Marqueyssac (36km) : Jardin de Conty (37km) : Jardins de la Bourlie (38km) : Jardins du château de Caudon (39km) : Jardins de l'Albarède (40km) :
2. National Monuments: Abri of Laugerie-Haute (23km) : Font-de-Gaume (23km) : Abri de Cap Blanc (23km) : Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (23km) : Chateau de Puyguilhem (39km) :
3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (15km) : Saint-Amand-de-Coly (16km) : Limeuil (32km) : Beynac (34km) : La Roque-Gageac (36km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (36km) : Segur-le-Chateau (37km) : Domme (39km) : Belves (41km) : Turenne (42km) :
4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (15km) : Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (27km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (28km) : Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (30km) : Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (31km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (32km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (32km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (33km) :
5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (28km) :
6. Heritage Sites: Vezere Valley (13km) :
7. Towns of Art and History: Sarlat (30km) :
8. Recommended Detour Town: Gourdon (43km) : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (43km) :

Map of places to visit near Thenon & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Thenon

Canton: Thenon

Arrondissement: Périgueux

Department: Dordogne

Region: Aquitaine

Postcode: 24210

Distance to Thenon

from Perigueux: 28 km

from Paris: 424 km

from Calais: 648 km

from Nice: 518 km

from Bordeaux: 134 km

from Strasbourg: 636 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thenon): Ajat, Auriac-du-Perigord, Azerat and Bars.

Getting here

Dordogne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at either Bergerac (or Bordeaux). Alternatively to drive from the cross-channel ports takes around 9-11 hours. For driving distances to Thenon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Thenon