Thoras travel guide

Thoras photo, taken in Aumont Aubrac France

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Visit Thoras: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Thoras is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 33 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Thoras is 453 km from Paris and 689 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Aumont Aubrac at 27 km from Thoras

Popular places to visit near Thoras: these include Aumont Aubrac at 27 km and Allier gorges at 27 km.

Lac du Bouchet is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km and Pradelles is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 27km. 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 Thoras, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thoras

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Mende 39km

See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thoras.

Note that all distances from Thoras shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Thoras holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thoras (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 Haute-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 Thoras and wondering what to do next!

  1. National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (32km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Pradelles (27km) : Arlempdes (28km) : Lavaudieu (45km) : La Garde-Guerin (47km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (38km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (43km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (48km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (32km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (32km) : Marvejols (41km) : Saint-Flour (42km) :

Map of places to visit near Thoras & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Thoras

Canton: Saugues

Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay

Department: Haute-Loire

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 43170

Distance to Thoras

from Le Puy-en-Velay: 33 km

from Paris: 453 km

from Calais: 689 km

from Nice: 322 km

from Bordeaux: 326 km

from Strasbourg: 522 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thoras): Croisances, Esplantas, Saint-Prejet-d'Allier, Saint-Symphorien and Vazeilles-Pres-Saugues.

Getting here

For driving distances to Thoras from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Thoras