Thou travel guide
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Visit Thou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thou is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 83 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Thou is 148 km from Paris and 382 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Briare at 14 km from Thou
Popular places to visit near Thou: these include Briare at 14 km and Guedelon at 19 km.
Briare is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. 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 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 Loiret 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 Loiret 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 (25km) : Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (28km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (46km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (16km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (28km) : Montargis (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Thou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thou
Canton: Briare
Arrondissement: Montargis
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45420
Distance to Thou
from Orleans: 83 km
from Paris: 148 km
from Calais: 382 km
from Nice: 548 km
from Bordeaux: 406 km
from Strasbourg: 376 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 Thou): Annay, Bonny-sur-Loire, Dammarie-en-Puisaye, Faverelles and Lavau.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Thou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thou