Thoard travel guide
Visit Thoard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Digne-les-Bains at 9 km from Thoard
Location: Thoard is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 9 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Thoard is 598 km from Paris and 822 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Thoard: these include Digne-les-Bains at 9 km and Sisteron at 17 km. Sisteron is a listed recommended detour at 17 km and Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) is a listed religious monument at 26 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 Thoard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thoard
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thoard.
Note that all distances from Thoard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thoard 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 Provence and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence gites and villas
Markets near Thoard
- Digne-les-Bains: market every Wednesday (9km)
- Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban: market every Sunday (13km)
- Sisteron: market every Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
- Les Mees: market every Friday (19km)
- Seyne: market every Tuesday & Friday (28km)
- Montclar: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (31km)
- Laragne-Monteglin: market every Thursday (32km)
- Oraison: market every Tuesday (33km)
- Moustiers: market every Friday (34km)
- Saint-Andre-les-Alpes: market every Wednesday & Saturday (35km)
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 Thoard and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Thoard map below.
Most Beautiful Village Moustiers (34km)
Recommended Detour Sisteron (17km)
Religious Monument Prieuré Notre Dame (Ganagobie) (26km)
Remarkable Garden Clos de Villeneuve (37km); Jardins du château de Sauvan (38km); Jardins du prieuré de Salagon (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col d'Allos (39km); Lac de Castillon (43km)
Map of places to visit near Thoard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thoard
Canton: Digne-les-Bains-Ouest
Arrondissement: Digne-les-Bains
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 4380
Distance to Thoard
from Digne-les-Bains (local prefecture): 9 km
from Paris: 598 km
from Calais: 822 km
from Nice: 103 km
from Bordeaux: 539 km
from Strasbourg: 508 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thoard): Barras, La Robine-sur-Galabre and Le Castellard-Melan.
Getting here
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Thoard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thoard