Thouars travel guide
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Visit Thouars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Thouars is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 76 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Thouars is 283 km from Paris and 467 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Thouars (page also includes a photo gallery for Thouars)
Popular places to visit near Thouars: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 19 km and Aubigne-sur-Layon at 32 km.
Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 11km and Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Thouars: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Thouars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thouars
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thouars.
Note that all distances from Thouars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thouars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Thouars (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 Poitou-Charentes and Deux-Sevres 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 Thouars and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (39km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (40km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (43km) : La Guyonnière (45km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (11km) : Fontevraud Abbey (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (33km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (12km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (16km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (30km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (34km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (37km) : Chinon (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (18km) : Loudun (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Thouars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thouars
Canton: Thouars
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79100
Distance to Thouars
from Niort: 76 km
from Paris: 283 km
from Calais: 467 km
from Nice: 689 km
from Bordeaux: 240 km
from Strasbourg: 621 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thouars): Louzy, Mauze-Thouarsais, Misse, Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars, Saint-Jean-de-Thouars, Sainte-Radegonde and Sainte-Verge.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Thouars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thouars