Thizay travel guide
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Visit Thizay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thizay is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 48 km from Tours, the department capital. (General information: Thizay is 249 km from Paris and 439 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Chinon at 7 km from Thizay
Popular places to visit near Thizay: these include Chateau Chinon at 7 km and Candes-Saint-Martin at 7 km.
Fontevraud Abbey is a listed 'national monument' at 7km and Candes-Saint-Martin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km. 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 Thizay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thizay
See France This Way travel guides for Indre-et-Loire and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thizay.
Note that all distances from Thizay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thizay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thizay (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-et-Loire 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 Thizay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (17km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (27km) : Parc de Lathan (34km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (34km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (46km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (48km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (7km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (26km) : Oiron Chateau (29km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (7km) : Montsoreau (8km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (7km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (7km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (34km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (34km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (38km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (34km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (46km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (8km) : Tours (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (18km) : Montreuil-Bellay (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Thizay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thizay
Canton: Chinon
Arrondissement: Chinon
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37500
Distance to Thizay
from Tours: 48 km
from Paris: 249 km
from Calais: 439 km
from Nice: 676 km
from Bordeaux: 265 km
from Strasbourg: 588 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thizay): Avoine, Beaumont-en-Veron, Candes-Saint-Martin, Cinais, Couziers, La Roche-Clermault, Lerne, Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Savigny-en-Veron and Seuilly.
Getting here
Indre-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Thizay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thizay