Thorens-Glieres travel guide
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Visit Thorens-Glieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thorens-Glieres is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 14 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: Thorens-Glieres is 432 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lake Annecy at 13 km from Thorens-Glieres
Popular places to visit near Thorens-Glieres: these include Lake Annecy at 13 km and Veyrier du Lac at 14 km.
La Roche-sur-Foron is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km and Annecy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km. 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 Thorens-Glieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thorens-Glieres
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thorens-Glieres.
Note that all distances from Thorens-Glieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thorens-Glieres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thorens-Glieres (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 Thorens-Glieres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique alpin La Ja˙sinia (38km) : Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (42km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (49km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Annecy (14km) : Megeve (33km) : Yvoire (42km) : Aix-les-Bains (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (9km) : Sallanches (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Thorens-Glieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thorens-Gličres
Canton: Thorens-Gličres
Arrondissement: Annecy
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74570
Distance to Thorens-Glieres
from Annecy: 14 km
from Paris: 432 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 267 km
from Bordeaux: 548 km
from Strasbourg: 309 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 Thorens-Glieres): Aviernoz, Evires, Groisy, Les Ollieres and Villaz.
Getting here
For driving distances to Thorens-Glieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thorens-Glieres