Thire travel guide
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Visit Thire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thire is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 35 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Thire is 359 km from Paris and 532 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fontenay-le-Comte at 18 km from Thire
Popular places to visit near Thire: these include Fontenay-le-Comte at 18 km and Vouvant at 19 km.
Jardins de Chaligny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Thire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thire
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thire.
Note that all distances from Thire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thire (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 Vendee 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 Thire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (10km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (19km) : Coulon (41km) : La Flotte-en-Re (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (18km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (29km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (29km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (18km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Thire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thiré
Canton: Sainte-Hermine
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85210
Distance to Thire
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 35 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 532 km
from Nice: 722 km
from Bordeaux: 193 km
from Strasbourg: 694 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thire): La Chapelle-Themer, Pouille, Saint-Aubin-la-Plaine, Saint-Etienne-de-Brillouet, Saint-Jean-de-Beugne, Saint-Juire-Champgillon, Saint-Valerien and Sainte-Hermine.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Thire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thire