Thouars tourism and travel guide
Visit Thouars: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Best known for its 17th century castle, in Thouars you can also see several medieval monuments
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Thouars. For detailed visitor information see the Thouars travel guide.
Thouars is situated in the Deux-Sevres department and Poitou-Charentes region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the western-centre of France at 75 kilometres from Niort, the department capital (general information: Thouars is 283 kilometres from Paris).
Tourist classifications for Thouars include "town of art and history" and "ville fleurie 4*".
Popular places to visit nearby include Fontevraud Abbey at 30 km and Aubigne-sur-Layon at 32 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Thouars, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Thouars in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Deux-Sevres
Map of places to visit near Thouars
Markets in and near Thouars
Market days in Thouars: weekly market: Tuesday & Friday all day;
- Thouars: market Tuesday & Friday all day (0km)
- Montreuil-Bellay: market Tuesday (17km)
- Airvault: market Saturday (18km)
- Argenton-Chateau: market Thursday (18km)
- Loudun: market Tuesday (23km)
- Doue-la-Fontaine: market Monday (24km)
- Bressuire: market Tuesday & Saturday (26km)
- Vihiers: market Wednesday (31km)
- Thenezay: market Sunday (32km)
- Saumur: market Wednesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (32km)
More information about Thouars, Poitou-Charentes
Tourist attractions near Thouars, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Thouars.
Aquarium
- Aquarium de Loudun (23km)
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Montsoreau (33km)
- Candes-Saint-Martin (34km)
National Monuments
- Oiron Chateau (11km)
- Fontevraud Abbey (30km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Montreuil-Bellay (18km)
- Loudun (23km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Loire-Anjou-Touraine (36km)
Churches and 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)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin du château de La Mothe (39km)
- Parc oriental de Maulévrier (40km)
- Les jardins du château du Rivau (43km)
- La Guyonnière (45km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Saumur (32km)
- Chatillon-sur-Thouet (36km)
- Richelieu (41km)
- Chinon (41km)
Amusement park / theme park
- Futuroscope (56km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Aubigne-sur-Layon (32km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Doué-la-Fontaine (24km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Thouars
Canton: Thouars
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
New region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Postcode: 79100
Distance to Thouars
from Niort (prefecture): 75 km
from Paris: 283 km
from Calais: 467 km
from Nice: 689 km
from Bordeaux: 240 km
from Strasbourg: 621 km
Getting here
Thouars 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.
We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Louzy, Mauze-Thouarsais, Misse, Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars, Saint-Jean-de-Thouars, Sainte-Radegonde and Sainte-Verge.
This page in French: Visiter Thouars
