Thurageau travel guide
Visit Thurageau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Poitiers at 22 km from Thurageau
Location: Thurageau is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 22 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Thurageau is 280 km from Paris and 480 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Thurageau: these include Poitiers at 22 km and Moncontour, Vienne at 23 km. Futuroscope is a listed theme park at 15 km and Poitiers is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 22 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Thurageau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thurageau
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thurageau.
Note that all distances from Thurageau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thurageau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Vienne gites and villas
Markets near Thurageau
- Mirebeau: market every Wednesday & Saturday (5km)
- Neuville-de-Poitou: market every Thursday & Sunday (9km)
- Jaunay-Clan: market every Friday (13km)
- Vouille: market every Saturday (15km)
- Naintre: market every Sunday (18km)
- Thenezay: market every Sunday (21km)
- Poitiers: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (22km)
- Chatellerault: market every Wednesday & Thursday all day & Saturday (24km)
- Richelieu: market every Monday & Friday (28km)
- Loudun: market every Tuesday (29km)
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 Thurageau and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Thurageau map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Loudun (30km)
Heritage Site Poitiers église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (22km)
National Monument Oiron Chateau (32km); Sanxay (36km)
Recommended Detour Loudun (30km); Chauvigny (38km)
Religious Monument Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (26km); Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (30km); Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (31km); Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (32km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (38km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (38km); Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (48km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de La Mothe (22km); Touffou (31km); Les jardins du château du Rivau (36km); Laverré (37km); La Guyonnière (42km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Poitiers (22km); Richelieu (28km); Chatillon-sur-Thouet (39km); Parthenay (40km)
Theme Park Futuroscope (15km)
Town Of Art And History Poitiers (22km); Parthenay (40km); Thouars (42km)
Village D'etape Vivonne (38km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Thouars (42km)
Map of places to visit near Thurageau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thurageau
Canton: Mirebeau
Arrondissement: Poitiers
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86110
Distance to Thurageau
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 22 km
from Paris: 280 km
from Calais: 480 km
from Nice: 647 km
from Bordeaux: 224 km
from Strasbourg: 597 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thurageau): Amberre, Blaslay, Chabournay, Cheneche, Chouppes, Mirebeau, Varennes and Vendeuvre-du-Poitou.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Thurageau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thurageau