Thollet travel guide
Visit Thollet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thollet is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 63 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Thollet is 286 km from Paris and 506 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Thollet: these include Verneuil-Moustiers at 9 km and Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe at 10 km. Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey is a listed heritage site at 10 km and Montmorillon is a listed town of art and history at 19 km. 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 Thollet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thollet
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thollet.
Note that all distances from Thollet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thollet 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 Poitou-Charentes and Vienne gites and villas
Markets near Thollet
- Montmorillon: market every Wednesday (19km)
- Le Blanc: market every Saturday (24km)
- Saint-Savin: market every Friday (25km)
- Saint-Gaultier: market every Friday (33km)
- Argenton-sur-Creuse: market every 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 Thollet and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Thollet map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (10km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (21km); Angles-sur-l'Anglin (36km)
Recommended Detour Chauvigny (40km)
Regional Natural Parc Brenne (30km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (20km); Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (25km); Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (35km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (40km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Etangs de la Brenne (30km)
Town Of Art And History Montmorillon (19km)
Village D'etape Bellac (34km); La Souterraine (35km); Eguzon-Chantome (35km); Bessines-sur-Gartempe (39km)
Map of places to visit near Thollet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thollet
Canton: Trimouille
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86290
Distance to Thollet
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 63 km
from Paris: 286 km
from Calais: 506 km
from Nice: 569 km
from Bordeaux: 220 km
from Strasbourg: 553 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thollet): Brigueil-le-Chantre and Coulonges.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Thollet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thollet