Thou travel guide
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Visit Thou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thou is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 43 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Thou is 161 km from Paris and 396 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sancerre at 17 km from Thou
Popular places to visit near Thou: these include Sancerre at 17 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 18 km.
Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Aubigny-sur-Nere is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Thou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thou
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thou.
Note that all distances from Thou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thou (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 Cher 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 Thou and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (40km) : Les Prés Fichaux (43km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (43km) : Bourges Cathedral (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (35km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (39km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (39km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (43km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (49km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (18km) : Briare (25km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (17km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Thou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thou
Canton: Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18260
Distance to Thou
from Bourges: 43 km
from Paris: 161 km
from Calais: 396 km
from Nice: 548 km
from Bordeaux: 381 km
from Strasbourg: 400 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thou): Dampierre-en-Crot, Jars, Le Noyer, Sury-Es-Bois, Vailly-sur-Sauldre and Villegenon.
Getting here
Cher is in the center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris and rent a car or drive from one of the channel ports such as Caen or Le Havre, a drive af about 2-3 hours. For driving distances to Thou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thou