Thones travel guide
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Visit Thones: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thones is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 15 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: Thones is 446 km from Paris and 653 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Clusaz at 8 km from Thones
Popular places to visit near Thones: these include La Clusaz at 8 km and Menthon Saint Bernard at 10 km.
Roc de Chere is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km and Annecy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Thones: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Thones, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thones
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thones.
Note that all distances from Thones shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thones holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thones (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 Rhone-Alpes and Haute-Savoie 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 Thones and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique alpin La Ja˙sinia (38km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (45km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (15km) : Megeve (23km) : Aix-les-Bains (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (24km) : Chambery (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (21km) : Sallanches (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Thones & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thônes
Canton: Thônes
Arrondissement: Annecy
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74230
Distance to Thones
from Annecy: 15 km
from Paris: 446 km
from Calais: 653 km
from Nice: 253 km
from Bordeaux: 551 km
from Strasbourg: 319 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 Thones): La Balme-de-Thuy, Les Clefs, Les Villards-sur-Thones and Manigod.
Getting here
For driving distances to Thones from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thones